Firewall Activation

[jb]

How do I activate the firewall that comes with XP-Home?
Under Help and Support the instructions are:
Open Network Connections
Click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet connection
that you want to protect, and then, under Network Tasks,
click Change settings of this connection...
The problem is that my Network Connections display has no
Network Tasks button under any menu that I can find.

 

[Haus]

Hello
How to Enable and Disable ICF.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283673&Product=winxp

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

To enable/disable the built-in firewall, Start > Network
Connections > Right-click the connection > Properties > Advanced >
Protect my computer.....

HOW TO Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q283673

However, if you're dealing with a proprietary connectoid, such as
those provided by AOL, MSN, NetZero, or another service that doesn't
trust its customers to control their own computers, you very probably
cannot change any settings, to include enabling the ICF.


Bruce Chambers
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[Guest]

----- jb wrote: ----

How do I activate the firewall that comes with XP-Home?
Under Help and Support the instructions are
Open Network Connections
Click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet connection
that you want to protect, and then, under Network Tasks,
click Change settings of this connection..
The problem is that my Network Connections display has no
Network Tasks button under any menu that I can find.

Greetings Jo

Try this: Click on Start --> Control Panel --> Network Connections --> Highlight your dial-up connection, Right click on it, choose Proporties, click it, when your dial-up connection properties dialog box opens, choose the Advance Tab, put a check mark in the first item to activate XP's Internet Connection Firewall

Hope this help

Good Luc
Joolal