To my mind, that option is nothing but a PITA and serves no useful purpose!
XP ships with its own firewall (ICF). However, as ICF is only an ingress filter (IOW, it offers no control over outbound traffic), it'd be a good...
I take it he has run a virus and spyware scan?
You're putting the newsgroup name where you should be entering the NNTP server address. Your ISP may provide with you with access to an NNTP...
Hmmm. Ok, how about installing a new program and seeing whether that calls up the main window when it tries to connect? Here's a tiny application...
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