how do I enable the built-in firewall in Windows 2000 Professional ?

[Guest]

especially with the new worms coming out every 6 months or so

 

[Guest]

Is there a built-in firewall in win2KPro???????????

This is news to me!

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

especially with the new worms coming out every 6 months or so.

Hi

There is no built-in firewall in Windows 2000...

 

[Black Fox]

especially with the new worms coming out every 6 months or so.

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~mchugha/w2kfirewall.htm ;-)

 

[Jason Hall [MSFT]]

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Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 14:46:44 +0200
From: "Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: how do I enable the built-in firewall in Windows 2000 Professional

Hi

There is no built-in firewall in Windows 2000...


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Yup, no built-in firewall in 2K
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[George Hester]

Where did get the idea such a beast exists? It don't.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply put, you don't. Win2K has no built-in firewall.

Home PC Firewall Guide
http://www.firewallguide.com/


Bruce Chambers

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