firewall

When trying to install a firewall, I get to the dial up,
click on America Online, and the option to change and
enable the firewall won't open. The line directly under
the title for internet carrier states "disconnected." I
can open LAN and install a firewall but not AOL, which is
my internet connection.

AOHell digs deep into any version of Windows and changes things to their way
of thinking. There is nothing you can do about it, if you want to keep
AOHell.

Suggestion = get a real ISP! Get rid of this kiddy service. If you are
intelligent enough to find your way here, you can use any ISP without
difficulty. Try your local phone company even!

"Nancy" <Njwilhite1@aol.com> wrote in message
news:0b3301c38474$a09fb600$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> When trying to install a firewall, I get to the dial up,
> click on America Online, and the option to change and
> enable the firewall won't open. The line directly under
> the title for internet carrier states "disconnected." I
> can open LAN and install a firewall but not AOL, which is
> my internet connection.

Had the same problem and called AOL. They referred me to
Microsoft. Microsoft sent me back to AOL, and they
finally admitted that AOL was not compatible with the
free XP firewall. Nothing you can do, short of changing
ISPs.
>-----Original Message-----
>When trying to install a firewall, I get to the dial up,
>click on America Online, and the option to change and
>enable the firewall won't open. The line directly under
>the title for internet carrier states "disconnected." I
>can open LAN and install a firewall but not AOL, which
is
>my internet connection.
>.
>

Greetings --

You'll either need to find a 3rd party firewall that is compatible
with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is compatible with the real
Internet..

AOL is an on-line content provider that ignores international
Internetworking standards in favor of its own proprietary products,
and has deliberately made its connection software incompatible with
both WinXP's built-in firewall and WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing
feature. AOL's proprietary connection applet is deliberately designed
to preclude your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to include
enabling/disabling WinXP's ICF and ICS.


Bruce Chambers

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"Nancy" <Njwilhite1@aol.com> wrote in message
news:0b3301c38474$a09fb600$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> When trying to install a firewall, I get to the dial up,
> click on America Online, and the option to change and
> enable the firewall won't open. The line directly under
> the title for internet carrier states "disconnected." I
> can open LAN and install a firewall but not AOL, which is
> my internet connection.