As you can see in http://free.avg.com/za-en/product-comparison free AVG doesn't come with a firewall. It's only antivirus.
So I think that you believe wrong. Which makes my advice to rethink.
Kees
I'm attempting to set up a home network so that my desktop can print wirelessly on the Hp printer which is directly connected to my laptop. The desktop is running AVG free ware, Windows XP and the laptop is running Norton, Windows XP. The laptop is showing the shared files/workgroups fine. I believe AVG firewall is interferring with my desktop doing the same. Any advice? And I'm only moderately computer savvy...not too advanced. Thanks!

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