sp2 firewall

[Benjamin Yazersky CPA]

recently installed sp2
as I already have zone alarm, I turned off the windows firewall

.... or at least I thought I did

then I was unable to get a program update for other (tax related) software
that I depend on
and after calling tech support for all of these vendors, I find out that
they all use ftp to download

so I went back into windows security and find that the firewall is back on

so I turn it off again - and then I have no trouble downloading a program
update
.... until the next time I reboot my computer

apparently each and every time the computer is rebooted windows firewall
turns itself back on

for some reason (I have no clue as to why) each time I turn the microsoft
firewall off, the green light still shows as on in the main security
screen - wondering if this is somehow related to it auto-rejuvinating itself
when the computer gets rebooted

so, how do I get the windows firewall to stay off???????

 

[Guest]

Do like I did and get rid of SP2. Uninstallit.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Sorry, Windows Firewall cannot be uninstalled. It can only be turned off.
--
Ted Zieglar

Do like I did and get rid of SP2. Uninstallit.

-----Original Message-----
recently installed sp2
as I already have zone alarm, I turned off the windows firewall

.... or at least I thought I did

then I was unable to get a program update for other (tax related) software
that I depend on
and after calling tech support for all of these vendors, I find out that
they all use ftp to download

so I went back into windows security and find that the firewall is back on

so I turn it off again - and then I have no trouble downloading a program
update
.... until the next time I reboot my computer

apparently each and every time the computer is rebooted windows firewall
turns itself back on

for some reason (I have no clue as to why) each time I turn the microsoft
firewall off, the green light still shows as on in the main security
screen - wondering if this is somehow related to it auto- rejuvinating itself
when the computer gets rebooted

so, how do I get the windows firewall to stay off???????



--
<<< Benjamin Yazersky CPA [NJ & NY] >>>



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[Unknown]

Just get rid of Zone Alarm and let Windows XP SP2 take care of the firewall.

Do like I did and get rid of SP2. Uninstallit.

-----Original Message-----
recently installed sp2
as I already have zone alarm, I turned off the windows firewall

.... or at least I thought I did

then I was unable to get a program update for other (tax related) software
that I depend on
and after calling tech support for all of these vendors, I find out that
they all use ftp to download

so I went back into windows security and find that the firewall is back on

so I turn it off again - and then I have no trouble downloading a program
update
.... until the next time I reboot my computer

apparently each and every time the computer is rebooted windows firewall
turns itself back on

for some reason (I have no clue as to why) each time I turn the microsoft
firewall off, the green light still shows as on in the main security
screen - wondering if this is somehow related to it auto- rejuvinating itself
when the computer gets rebooted

so, how do I get the windows firewall to stay off???????



--
<<< Benjamin Yazersky CPA [NJ & NY] >>>



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[John E. Carty]

SP2 firewall uses stateful filtering and monitors inbound traffic only. If
an app from within the box sends a request to the internet then the inbound
response is automatically allowed, even if that app was a Trojan

Just get rid of Zone Alarm and let Windows XP SP2 take care of the
firewall.

Do like I did and get rid of SP2. Uninstallit.

-----Original Message-----
recently installed sp2
as I already have zone alarm, I turned off the windows firewall

.... or at least I thought I did

then I was unable to get a program update for other (tax related) software
that I depend on
and after calling tech support for all of these vendors, I find out that
they all use ftp to download

so I went back into windows security and find that the firewall is back on

so I turn it off again - and then I have no trouble downloading a program
update
.... until the next time I reboot my computer

apparently each and every time the computer is rebooted windows firewall
turns itself back on

for some reason (I have no clue as to why) each time I turn the microsoft
firewall off, the green light still shows as on in the main security
screen - wondering if this is somehow related to it auto- rejuvinating itself
when the computer gets rebooted

so, how do I get the windows firewall to stay off???????



--
<<< Benjamin Yazersky CPA [NJ & NY] >>>



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[Benjamin Yazersky CPA]

turning it off is exactly what I am trying to do
but it won't stay off!

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<<< Benjamin Yazersky CPA [NJ & NY] >>>

Sorry, Windows Firewall cannot be uninstalled. It can only be turned off.
--
Ted Zieglar

Do like I did and get rid of SP2. Uninstallit.

-----Original Message-----
recently installed sp2
as I already have zone alarm, I turned off the windows firewall

.... or at least I thought I did

then I was unable to get a program update for other (tax related) software
that I depend on
and after calling tech support for all of these vendors, I find out that
they all use ftp to download

so I went back into windows security and find that the firewall is back on

so I turn it off again - and then I have no trouble downloading a program
update
.... until the next time I reboot my computer

apparently each and every time the computer is rebooted windows firewall
turns itself back on

for some reason (I have no clue as to why) each time I turn the microsoft
firewall off, the green light still shows as on in the main security
screen - wondering if this is somehow related to it auto- rejuvinating itself
when the computer gets rebooted

so, how do I get the windows firewall to stay off???????



--
<<< Benjamin Yazersky CPA [NJ & NY] >>>



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[jms1620]

Start->Run "services.msc"
Find "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" and disable
it

That should disable microcrap's firewall