As far as First time use(aftershutdown) was concerned,
Ansys will work only when firewall is set to off. Nothing to worry about server and stuffs like that.When Fire wall is set to off and even though Abaqus is running Ansys works.
Now for 2nd use there is no need to set off the firewall.we can turn on the firewall after first use.Ansys works well at the 2 nd use even though the firewall is turned on.