Not a LabVIEW question, BUT seems easy enough to answer. The firewall is blocking a port and you need to create a rule for that port. How you do that depends on what firewall you are using.
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My dilemma was i dont control the IT side of things. I dont even have full control of my laptop.
the fix:
there was an entry in my laptopwindows firewall inbound rules, to block all communication from c:\program files\National Instruments\Shared\WebServer\httpd (2 out of 30). once everything is set to allow, i could update the controller software.
