Firewall rule or something else?

I recently installed Blink Personal (eEye digital security) and about a week later, today I restarted the laptop with a bit of an issue, and Blink’s security prompted me of "An application attempted to send a UDP datagram".

This happened before I had full control over the desktop, despite it having filled in, systems tray icons as well.

Also, the issue I had starting up is one I’m (for now) laying off as likely due to failing laptop battery or maybe it’s the CMOS battery, maybe neither).

Ever since about 2 months ago, it seems that about half my startups are balk, requiring me to unplugg the AC and disco the battery (I find that pulling it out and immedaitely snapping it back in some 30 times, and then plugging back in the ac, only then will the thing startup.

I’m leaning towards the issue as an intermittant lack of continuity between one of the battery’s numberous contact points as the laptop ‘lives’ on a well de-humidified boat foe about 4 yrs now, but they all look fairly bright and clean.

The power indicator light stays off (pointing to a full charge state) and the manual backs up that assumption, plus the meter popup lists the battery as 100% charged and capable of a mx 4 hr use.

The battery actually seems to be performing just fine as it’s charge bleeds off at a rate very nearly what I recall it doing when new.

As for my recently trying out hibernation (for a few weeks, then I stopped as I couldn’t manage to interpret and resolve the event ID errors).

I don’t recall just when the startup issue began, but I think not long after or maybe just after trying out the hibernation process.

Anyway, today when starting up it did it’s usual (as often as not) balking at startup, I did my usual thing and except for my having overlooked my ‘PlugnPlay’ USB external HD still connected and online (when I’d shutdown), as soon as the desktop filled in, I got a Blink firewall prompt (‘asking’ for my decision for the following).

"An application attempted to send a UDP datagram"

C:WINDOWSaddinsexplorer.exe

Application Information
Description: Windows Explorer
Company: Microsoft Corporation
File version: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158

Connection Information
Protocol: UDP
Local IP / Port: 192.168.1.47 / 1019
Remote IP / Port 239.255.255.250 / 1900

Likely this’s just comptuer babble which pought to be telling the user that ‘hey, I think you left a HD on and the laptop needs to re-confirm files and what-nots’, but if that’s not waht’s happening there, I’d sure like to know that too.

I’d reasonably expect that if it weren’t the fact that I not only have excluded all my EHD’s from system restore, but moreover I have no progs on the EHD, just vobs, jpg, and assorted other media files.