Spyder crashing, socket forbidden permissions

[Michael Mossey]

Sorry if this is a duplicate post, I didn't see my first post and I don't know why it didn't appear (is this a moderated list?)

The Spyder internal console is showing me an error

OSError: [WinError 10013] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions

when I run a script (any script). It appears that I may have set up a blocking rule in my Windows 7 firewall, but when I load the firewall manager I can't find any relevant rule (I also don't really know how to read the rules). Anyone know how to find and disable a rule blocking Spyder?

Mike

[stonebig]

Hello,

Could you be more specific on your Winpython version ?
(for example WinPython-32bit-3.3.5.0.exe)


Otherwise, Google search showed me this post as the closest related to you problem :
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/django-developers/7zCfFZaumFU/aPA_uuKphZYJ

This suggest that another service is already using the port Spyder wanted to use.
==> Have you some "not so frequent" services running on your PC , like django, realvnc ... ?
==> If so, can you try to stop them and do another test with spyder ?

Otherwise, if you're not on the latest version, retry with the latest version and let us know.

** (hint of the post found) **

I ran the command “netstat -anob | findstr 8081” and found that the McAfee framework service was listening in port 8081.

After killing the frameworkservice.exe, the errors went away.
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[SixString]

Here is a tutorial on the Windows 7 firewall, which is the same as for Vista:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-firewall-with-advanced-security-guide-for-vista.239750/

I disabled the Windows 7 firewall and use the free Comodo firewall instead, which I find easier to use:
http://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cis/comodo-internet-security-703177994142-released-t103820.0.html