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Internet Connection Firewall question
Other than Windows Firewall you have to install a firewall on your own. Those you installed should be listed in Start\Control Panel\Add or Remove Programs. To check for Windows Firewall go to Start\Control Panel and scroll down to Windows Firewall. You can double click on the Windows Firewall icon and if it is not

XP Firewall question
Don't blame Microsoft for Windows Firewall not allowing this by default. The best principle in security is to be as restrictive as possible, anybody who needs less restrictions has to I definitely have questions with the Browser negotiations and conclusions. Carl, When you opened port 445, how did you do that?

Firewall Question
John Grubb wrote: I suspect the windows firewall is active. I beleive to get to it hit the start button (bottom left of screen), click on "Control Panel" and when the windows opens up, I'm very computer challenged and don't even know what a firewall is or where to look for it. We have Windows 2000 Professional.

SP2 Firewall question
As for firewall quesetions, Windows Firewall is excellent at protecting your PC and is suitable; however, if you're looking for a company product other Microsoft, you can also visit the first section on the Download page of my website for several free firewall choices. I recommend either Sunbelt Kerio's Firewall or

firewall windows/linux dual boot question
A program running on a different WinXP box attempts to open this named pipe for reading, and receives system error code 53: bad network path. If I turn off the Windows Firewall on the first computer, the connection succeeds. The question is, how exactly is Windows Firewall preventing the connection from succeeding,

Recurrent question
Even if incoming and outgoing were equal risks, the Windows firewall would be far from useless. It's far better to have one element of protection than none at all Be sure to disable the Windows firewall. You don't want to have both things running. I agree with all that. ZA *is* better than the Windows firewall,

Windows firewall question
Andre Da Costa [Extended64] andre...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows 64bit general The Windows Firewall is more than anyone really needs, I am using just the windows firewall with XP Pro x64. I'm not positive I was hacked but don't know how else this could happen. Anyway, I'm wondering if you think it

firewall windows/linux dual boot question
Tom Edelbrok anonym...@anonymous.com microsoft public windowsxp basics When I turn Windows Firewall off on some XP stations the workstation keeps coming up with a warning saying "You've turned your firewall off ... blah blah blah ... this is very unsafe". Yet on other stations, when I turn the firewall off,

Windows XP firewall and RPC question
XPUser xpnewsgr...@gmail.com microsoft public windowsxp security_admin Hi ... I have xp pro sp2 ... I would like to know with windows firewall do I need to make any exceptions ( allow or not allow ) ? I was thinking maybe I need to add a few programs like >> Internet Explorer , Outlook express, thing in that nature

Windows XP Firewall question.
6.1.744 and I use Windows firewall. Unless you told ZAP not to tuen off XP firewall, no you dont use both. But when I turn the computer on and it loads everything up, when it loads Zone Alarm it turns the Windows firewall off and I have to manually turn it back on from the control panel. Dont do that.

Sasser-quick question
There is more 'identifiable' information gathered via any website you visit than there is from the Windows Firewall. Any information sent via the Windows Firewall is none identifiable - unless you class your ISP details as an intrusion in which case every single website should be avoided. But then again, I forgot,

Question about Windows software-based firewalls
Kevin wrote: Does having two firewalls running at the same time, for example Windows Firewall and Norton Internet Worm protection, cause any problems when installing software? Both of these firewalls were on at the same time when I installed Microsoft Office. Could this have caused any problems with installation?

Windows firewall question
If you're doing a dual boot, and you're running Windows, Linux isn't even running, and vice versa. However, 99% (100%?) of Linux distrobutions come with a firewall utility. "ipfwadm," or, I guess now days in the Linux community it's "ipchains," but no matter which one you run, they both do the same thing.

Windows Firewall Question
David nos...@nospam.com microsoft public windows server security windows server 2003 R2 sp2 question about using firewall.cpl with a multihomed server. Not talking about typical setup with RRAS basic firewall and an 'internal' and an 'external' interface. easier said with scenario: server with 2 (or more) NICS.

Windows 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 and 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.

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Q1: Is there any problem with checking [X] WINDOWS FIREWALL *ON* ( so at least I'm covered if someone uses the dial-up connection (which goes around the router and Thanks, George Based on everything I've read, the Windows firewall does not monitor OUTGOING activity, which makes the thing pretty much useless.

Firewall question
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. While we recommend that you keep Windows firewall on, especially so you get the boot protection, it will be up to you to configure how that works with another firewall product

FIREWALL QUESTION
A tarball is rather like a Windows .zip 'archive'; if you use Konqueror as your file-manager it will know to use the right program to 'extract' things from the tarball (probably "Ark"). I also find "Guarddog" sufficiently like the Windows firewall programs to be comforting - it's a GUI for the Linux iptables which

Named Pipes and Windows Firewall Question
MATRIX9...@webtv.net comp security firewalls if I have linux and windows installed on the same hard drive and one OS has a firewall and the other doesn't will that effect or put a hole in my security? example if linux doesn't have a firewall and windows does have personal firewall running and I'm connected to the

Firewall Question
Windows XP SP2's firewall is 1-way - blocking traffic from outside your computer from coming in. If your computer requests it - Windows Firewall doesn't even generally know about it or just allows it. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.