Using ICF with AOL

[Chris Castell]

I am running Windows XP Professional with the latest
Service Pack.
I have a number of ISPs but prefer to use AOL 8.
However, selecting the AOL network connection and
selecting Properties results in NOTHING! - no Properties
dialogue box at all. I am therefore unable to activate
ICF for the AOL connection.
I have spoken with AOL who said "AOL does not use
conventional protocols - you will have to ask Microsoft".
I tried online support from MS but my product is OEM (I
bought the OS bare as I built the machine from scratch) so
I just got a message saying I would have to go to my PC
supplier - all 11 of them???!!!
Any ideas how ICF can be used with AOL?

 

[Nicholas]

Assuming you have AOL, you'll need to install a third-party firewall.
America Online installs its own connection settings that override
the ones that come with Windows XP. America Online's
connection settings don't include a way to turn on Windows XP's
built-in firewall.

Visit the following web site for instructions on downloading
a FREE firewall program for your computer.

Ref: http://www.updatexp.com/free.html


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Nicholas

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| I am running Windows XP Professional with the latest
| Service Pack.
| I have a number of ISPs but prefer to use AOL 8.
| However, selecting the AOL network connection and
| selecting Properties results in NOTHING! - no Properties
| dialogue box at all. I am therefore unable to activate
| ICF for the AOL connection.
| I have spoken with AOL who said "AOL does not use
| conventional protocols - you will have to ask Microsoft".
| I tried online support from MS but my product is OEM (I
| bought the OS bare as I built the machine from scratch) so
| I just got a message saying I would have to go to my PC
| supplier - all 11 of them???!!!
| Any ideas how ICF can be used with AOL?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You'll either need to find a 3rd party firewall that is compatible
with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is compatible with the real
Internet..

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.


Bruce Chambers

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