problem with UDP broadcast on Windows XP

[Irmen de Jong]

Paul McGuire wrote:

> I would investigate Windows security settings as a likely culprit.  My
> guess is that you are running WinXP SP2 with the default security
> policies, which are likely to prohibit such promiscuous behavior.
> 
> Here's a URL that may shed some light, it seems surprisingly
> instructive for MS support: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842242 -
> Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP
> Service Pack 2

Paul, that was terrific.
Seems that the windows firewall blocks the broadcast stuff for services.
After I disabled the thing, my service works again as intended!
Have to add this to the notes of my software ;)

Wonderful that my windows specific problem got solved in this Python group.

Thanks again for all the ideas everyone for my silly offtopic problem.

--Irmen