Windows Tutorials

Here are a collection of retrospect tutorials made available from the Retrospect website and copied here for easy access.

(For SP2 and later)

When you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the service pack automatically enables a firewall on the computer running SP2. This firewall can interfere with the execution of backups from a Retrospect client computer to a Retrospect backup computer.

If you already have XP Service Pack 2 installed, before installing the Retrospect client software, then the installer will automatically adjust the Windows firewall settings for you. But, if you install SP2 after the Retrospect client, then you need to make these changes yourself.

To adjust settings on a Retrospect client computer

1. Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Security Center.
3. Click Windows Firewall. By default, the On (Recommended) radio button is selected. If not, please select this button.
4. Click the Exceptions tab.
5. Click Add Port.
6. In the Name field, type: Retrospect (TCP)
7. In the Port Number field, type: 497
8. Select the TCP radio button if it is not already selected by default.
9. Click OK.
10. Retrospect (TCP) should appear with a check box selected in the Program and Services window.
11. Select Add Port.
12. In the Name field, type: Retrospect (UDP)
13. In the Port Number field, type: 497
14. Select the UDP radio button.
15. Click OK.
16. Retrospect (UDP) should appear with a check box selected in the Program and Services window.