Brother MFC-5895CW - Manual (Page 175)

Troubleshooting
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 For Windows
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The Firewall on your computer may be blocking the necessary network connection to the machine. In this
case, you will need to disable the Firewall on your computer and re-install the drivers.
Windows
®
XP SP2 users:
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a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections.
b Double-click Windows Firewall.
c Click the General tab. Make sure that Off (not recommended) is selected.
d
Click OK.
Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.
Windows Vista
®
users:
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a Click the button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click
Change settings.
b
When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.
 Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue.
 For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.
c
Click the General tab. Make sure that Off (not recommended) is selected.
d
Click OK.
Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.
Windows ® 7 users:
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a Click the button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click
Customize settings. The Customize settings window appears.
b Check Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) in both Home or work (private) network
location settings and Public network location settings.
c Click OK.
Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.