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Stupid Question #1
alt os windows-xp Talljetsfan wrote: how do i turn off the windows xp firewall? Click on the start menu, click on help and support, type in disable windows firewall and learn to do something for yourself for a change. i have zonealarm installed Of course you do. Why do you think you need help in the first place?

stupid question ???
Is it somehow more limited than even WinXP's built-in firewall? I've thought of the product as a specialized anti-virus utility, as it's name implies. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom.

windows firewall quick question
I have been trying to find out what the image name is for the Windows firewall in "task manager" but couldn't find the answer anywhere. When I opened task manager, My question is, do I have to uncheck Windows firewall... in "Services" msconfig, to actually turn it off? Thanks in advance for any help. Pam.

Firewall Question
However before going on the internet I wish to enable the Windows Firewall to provide protection. On reading up instructions for enabling the Firewall I see that you have to go into the Network area, and as I read it select your method of connection to the internet .eg DSL as part of the process. My question is can

Network Sharing Question
Any decent program that logs data like this would either handle it appropriately for the protocol in question, or just dump it in hexadecimal. Windows != decent software Since I refuse to go near a Windows firewall, I can't give you any more specific help. Of course, since its Windows, just reboot and try again.

Firewall question
For example, if install a new version of ZA (which first shuts down the old one), I first activate the Windows firewall. But I then turn it off again after the ZA installation completes. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Will Denny" <willde...@mvps.org> wrote in message

computer question
Is it possible to make Windows the default firewall and set so that it is on by default again? I have windows XP Home edition, and a linksys wireless router. This brings up another question, with my wireless router is it necessary to have windows firewall on? When router firewall is enabled and configured it's not

Network Sharing Question
Detailed Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation walkthrough http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875364 How to configure the Windows Firewall feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875356 On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:35:43 GMT,

Newbie: question about log characters
Lesa H. itspl...@news.postalias microsoft public windows server sbs Sorry, for anyone this might help, the full path to the setting I changed is as follows. I went into Group Policy Management, then right clicked on the Small Business Server Windows Firewall and selected Edit. In the editor, I went to Computer

Windows Firewall/Group Policy question
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Tom Willett wrote: Ken: I think what he was saying was: Windows firewall comes installed by default. However, you would have had to knowingly install a third-party firewall, so therefore, you would have known what it is.

Question on Firewall
Torrey Lauer tor...@nospam.moderntravel.net microsoft public windows server sbs I tried disabling Windows Firewall in our Windows XP PCs (we use ISA for our firewall), and it was grayed out. It stated that some settings were controlled by Group Policy. I've gone into SBS2K3 Prem., but I cannot find the setting to

Firewall question
His question show it should pay for a specialist to do the job beause if you have to ask how to to block IP address with a firewall, any firewall, you are better not to try to install one like Hanus Adler posted before you. Personnally i run VPN-1/FW-1 4.1 SP4 on Windows NT 4.0 sp6a and it never crashed so far (8

Firewall question
Are you running any firewall software (Norton, Mcafee)? (Turn off windows firewall for troubleshooting purposes). Never used Windows Firewall, I'm running Zone Alarm on all the computers, but turning it off was one of the first things I tried. I tried using a real hub (that I know is just a hub), and I ever tried

Firewall Question
While it was displayed I noticed that Windows Firewall was running, and I thought that was odd, since I had already turned it off via the way mentioned in my first post My question is, do I have to uncheck Windows firewall... in "Services" msconfig, to actually turn it off? Thanks in advance for any help. Pam --

SP2 Firewall question
Panda_man Panda...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp security_admin Windows Firewall is better ,I think . Although its protections is only for the incoming traffic ,it is very good. Now about your question.No ,you don't need to make exceptions for Internet Exploer or Outlool Express because as I

SP2 Firewall question
After that was corrected, we noticed that all the machines suddenly had their Windows firewalls enabled. Both the domain policy (DCs are remote) and the registry on each machine call for the firewall to be disabled but the firewall remains on even after rebooting. Manually turning off the firewalls at each computer

Windows firewall question
Also, the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service is still Started and Automatic, which makes sense because from what I have read, the service can run while the WF is disabled. My question is why MBSA is reporting something contrary to reality. Is this a known bug? It is a limit of the current

firewall question
°Mike° qp_mike...@yahoo.com 24hoursupport helpdesk Detailed Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation walkthrough http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875364 How to configure the Windows Firewall feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875356 On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:35:43 GMT,

WinXP SP2, firewall question
And I'm not aware of a firewall which would do stateful packet examination to that extent. So what Simon is saying is that if he impliments a Windows firewall, no one behind it can use active ftp ? I wouldn't be getting Simon to do any firewalls for me. Netfilter does.

Windows XP question for the Oracle
NOSPAM microsoft public windowsxp customize Watchman, The Windows Firewall only monitors incoming traffic, not outgoing. While Windows Firewall is useful I personally don't use it. It certainly isn't as user friendly as it could be. My advise is to stick with Zone Alarm. As you have found out ZA is more user