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Firewall

Feb 11, 2004 2:30AM PST

Is there anyway u can open Up your firewall on Xp?

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Re:Firewall or How to configure ICF
Feb 11, 2004 2:41AM PST

If I press Start, Help and Support, enter in ICF, I find that helpful and if you read all that, you pretty much discover what you can do with that.

Bob

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Re:Firewall
Feb 11, 2004 3:02AM PST

Start | Settings | Control Panel | Network Connections | Right on ISP | Select Properties | Advanced Tab and check or uncheck the Internet Connection Firewall.

Hope this helps.

Happy

Glenn

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Re:Firewall
Feb 24, 2004 7:35AM PST

You can turn the XP Firewall on or off by going through the steps in Control Panel, but the built-in Software Firewall in XP only blocks Incoming probes by hackers. It Does Not stop Outgoing traffic from your computer reporting back to a Trojan Horse that may be installed on your computer. I would suggest Zone Alarm (Free), or better yet, a router if you have High Speed service.The router can be configured as a firewall and it will also allow you to share your internet connection with more than one computer.

Hope this helps.