Can't disable firewall

[Tom]

The instructions say: click start>control panel>network
connections. Click Network Tasks. Select the active
connection. So far, so good.

It says click Change Settings of this Connection. I do
so, but nothing happens. I'm supposed to get some tabs,
including an Advanced tab, in which I can disable the
firewall. What's wrong? Thanks.

 

[David Jones]

If this is for an AOL connection, you can't. AOL did not
make their software compatible with this feature of
Windows XP.

The good news is that means the built-in firewall is
already disabled, because you cannot enable it on a AOL
connection.