Wednesday, December 29, 2010

How to Turn on Windows Firewall

To turn on the firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3. Disable the firewall to troubleshoot applications that do not function as expected behind a firewall.

A firewall is software or hardware that checks information that comes from the Internet or from a network. Then, the firewalls either blocks the information or lets the information accept through computer. Whether information is blocked or accepted through depends on firewall settings. A firewall can help in preventing malicious software (such as worms) from gaining access to computer by a network or the Internet. A firewall can also help in stopping the computer from sending malicious software to other computers. Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) contain firewall software.

How to turn on windows firewall

To turn on Windows Firewall, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start; click Run, type Firewall.cpl, and click OK.
  2. On the General tab, just click on (recommended).
  3. Now Click OK.
If the General tab or the on (recommended) option is not available, the system might have a policy against running the firewall. Contact the system administrator for more information about how to turn on the firewall. In addition, the system might already be running a third-party firewall (Zone Alarm or Norton Internet Security).

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