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# I opened my Internet Security premium package, in the "unrecognised files" section I selected CumulusMX.exe then right clicked and selected '''Change File Rating to Trusted''' (I will need to repeat this every time a new version is installed) and in the "Firewall" section of the Internet Security package I added port '''8998''' as one that was permitted.
# I right clicked on my desktop (you may need to right click ''on the windows symbol at bottom left''), selected '''command prompt as administrator''' that opened a command window where I typed
netsh http add urlacl url=http://
and I got the response "URL reservation successfully added", so I know it worked. This command is apparently to allow all users to bind to port 8998 (i.e. that used for the Cumulus interface). This also means ''you don't have to run the engine (CumulusMX.exe) in an administrator user, nor select "Run as administrator" from right click menu on the shortcut'', nor set the properties for any shortcut to run in any special way.
Finally, I viewed my hub (router) to see the IPv4 address allocated to my Cumulus MX computer (192.168.1.64), that told me that I would find the user interface by typing "http://192.168.1.64:8998/" into my browser while the MX engine command window remains open (so MX is actually running), so I typed that and I saw the user interface and navigated around it.
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