How to trust a PC with SP2 Windows Firewall?

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Adam Taub

Hi,

I typically use Zone Alarm which allows me to specify my other home
PC's as trusted.

I have a PC now which is only running Windows Firewall from XP SP2. Is
there anyway to just set windows firewall to trust other pc's similar
to how I did it with Zone Alarm?

So far it seems Id need to enable each port one by one. Really I want
to just fully trust any PC's on my local network.

thanks,
Adam
 
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Adam Taub

I used to love Zone Alarm. Now Im having a problem with snapstream
media software which I recently bought. ZoneAlarm runs out of memory
and kills my system. Of course snapstream says its a ZA problem and ZA
says its a snapstream problem. In the end the ZA process kills my
machine within 24 hours when its running.

Oh well. Any suggestions for the next best product.
 
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Doug Knox MS-MVP

Upgrade to SP2 and use Windows Firewall. Its much more advanced and customizable than the version that initially shipped with XP.
 

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