Hmm, don't you just love it when you figure something out right <i>after</i> you ask for help on it?

Apparently, the computer already came with a Norton majigy already on it, which included an anti-virus a firewall and all that hubub. I disabled the firewall and all the Norton stuff, and I also disabled it from starting up using the "msconfig" command in run. However, when I disabled it from starting up, it used the firewall anyway. So I have it starting up disabled, and everything's goin' great.

Thankfully since I'm using XP (never thought I'd say that), I can hide the ugly icon it uses.

Ed: I use Firebird. ;-)

*closes*