Tomcat 7 as windows service not accessible from other systems

Question

I have downloaded Tomcat 7 zip for 32 bit windows 7 machine. I have unzipped the package and created the windows service using ..\\bin\\service.bat. But when i start the servic

Answer 1

Solution:

Add the ..\bin\tomcat7.exe to the Windows exception list. Everything works fine.
1. Go to Windows Start --> Control Panel
2. Open windows firewall
3. Click on "Allow a program or feature through windows firewall" in the left menu
4. Add tomcat7.exe to the exception list and click ok.
5. Restart tomcat and now you can access tomcat from other machines