I read your first post, and yes, I saw where you say you disable it to test. But one assumes that since that didn't fix it, it was re-enabled.
Most firewalls don't actually get disabled, I've found. Nothing to do with your technical skills, they just don't go away until uninstalled
completely. Windows Firewall is especially bad about this, and is ... difficult to uninstall, to boot.
ZoneAlarm has a tendency to not actually turn off properly as well, despite it's other rather good qualities.
You did not mention anywhere re-authorizing the _changed_ version of City of Heroes in your firewall. I had to do this myself tonight after patching. So I
figured, hey, maybe you've run into that issue.
None of the other steps you mention would affect whether a software firewall is blocking you.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
Most firewalls don't actually get disabled, I've found. Nothing to do with your technical skills, they just don't go away until uninstalled
completely. Windows Firewall is especially bad about this, and is ... difficult to uninstall, to boot.
ZoneAlarm has a tendency to not actually turn off properly as well, despite it's other rather good qualities.
You did not mention anywhere re-authorizing the _changed_ version of City of Heroes in your firewall. I had to do this myself tonight after patching. So I
figured, hey, maybe you've run into that issue.
None of the other steps you mention would affect whether a software firewall is blocking you.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs