firewall enabled? disabled?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

windows xp sp2. when i boot my pc the firewall is off, i turn it on without
exceptions but when i re-boot it is off again. i also receive a message from
norton asking if i want it on or off. i have always assumed ithe firewall
should be on. any advice?
many thanks
 
In seanpaul99 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
windows xp sp2. when i boot my pc the firewall is off, i turn it on
without exceptions but when i re-boot it is off again. i also receive
a message from norton asking if i want it on or off. i have always
assumed ithe firewall should be on. any advice?
many thanks
Click to expand...

Is this Norton Interenet Security (NIS) that you're using? If so it has a
firewall in it. It is likely turning off the Windows Firewall to prevent
conflicts. One or the other, not both, is the general rule. And if this is
NIS you now see the reason I recommend avoiding full blown suite
applications.

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes
 
seanpaul99 said:
windows xp sp2. when i boot my pc the firewall is off, i turn it on
without exceptions but when i re-boot it is off again. i also receive
a message from norton asking if i want it on or off. i have always
assumed ithe firewall should be on. any advice?
many thanks
Click to expand...

If you have Norton Firewall enabled then the Windows Firewall will be
disabled by default. You don't need two firewalls.
 
Back
Top