Disable XP Firewall

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I have gone to the start menu under control panel and internet
connections menu. Under properties or advanced I cannot find anything that
says protect my computer. I have searched everywhere and I have found no way
to disable my XP Firewall. Please help my firewall is blocking abilities for
me on websites. What do i do?
 
Hi,

The XP firewall would not block your access to web sites. What sort of
trouble are you having? Please be specific ().

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
lil_babboo said:
I have gone to the start menu under control panel and internet
connections menu. Under properties or advanced I cannot find anything that
says protect my computer. I have searched everywhere and I have found no way
to disable my XP Firewall. Please help my firewall is blocking abilities for
me on websites. What do i do?
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Generally, you need to open cetain ports to allow this traffic through.
Your firewall will not allow traffic through unless it has been
requested or if a program is acting as a server. I would NOT disable
the firewall in this day and age unless you have another firewall in place.

Get every Windows update you can, get the latest anti-virus definitions,
and download a couple anti-spyware tools. (Seriously. Do all this.)
Then, right-click on your Internet connection, choose Properties, go to
Advanced, and uncheck the firewall-related option. (Only enable ICF for
*direct* Internet connections; enabling it on LAN connections is going
to mess things up.)

I recommend using ZoneAlarm <http://www.zonelabs.com/>. It does a
better job than the Windows firewall. I had a similar problem, then I
installed ZoneAlarm and it went away, and works in conjunction with
Windows's firewall for twice the inbound security.
 
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