firewall

[Guest]

I am having difficulty in enabling my firewall on Windows
XP for my AOL connection.Any help gratefully
received.Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Download and install Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.

You may wish to view the following:

Top 10 Reasons to Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/topten.mspx

List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811113&Product=windowsxpsp2

Learn About Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/preinstall.mspx

What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Direct Download):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I am having difficulty in enabling my firewall on Windows
| XP for my AOL connection.Any help gratefully
| received.Thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am having difficulty in enabling my firewall on Windows
XP for my AOL connection.Any help gratefully
received.Thanks

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.

However, if you were to upgrade WinXP with Service Pack 2,
Microsoft has modified (and improved) WinXP's built-in firewall to the
extent that it will now work with AOL. (At least until AOL again
deliberately makes the next version of their software incompatible.)


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Bruce Chambers

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