New laptop running win8. Can't export files to external drives, dropbox, anywhere off the computer unless I disable the firewall. What to do? Getting desperate!
It's the firewall that comes with Windows 8. Should I just disable it and get a 3rd party one? Because I can't see how to reconfigure it to allow what should be a basic feature - doesn't everyone need to copy files to external drives???
Windows Firewall by default shouldn't interfere with any file transfers. Since this is a new laptop I would recommend you go into the control panel and remove any software you don't need.
If that is true, then somehow it got configured unwell (perhaps by an installer of some software you installed.) I wouldn't doubt if there is a way to set it to default. Maybe Google can help with that. I dunno.
ASUS DirectCU II HD7790-DC2OC-2GD5 Radeon HD 7790 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire interface
Hard Drives
1 Seagate Barracuda SATA II system/boot drive 80 GB, 2 Western Digital hdds - 1 is SATA II Caviar Black 1 TB attached to card (assorted media, page, temp), other is SATA I 420 GB (games, media, downloads)
PSU
Thermaltake 450W
Cooling
stock Gateway cooling, extra large fan in rear of case
If that external drive is configured as a "Network drive" which some adapters are known to do, then I can see the problem. If you can find it in Firewall settings you could make an exception for it or put it on "White list"
How would I find out how the external drives are configured? And it won't let me upload to Dropbox either - is that related? BUT I can upload files via FTP... confused
ASUS DirectCU II HD7790-DC2OC-2GD5 Radeon HD 7790 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire interface
Hard Drives
1 Seagate Barracuda SATA II system/boot drive 80 GB, 2 Western Digital hdds - 1 is SATA II Caviar Black 1 TB attached to card (assorted media, page, temp), other is SATA I 420 GB (games, media, downloads)
PSU
Thermaltake 450W
Cooling
stock Gateway cooling, extra large fan in rear of case