How to activate firewall with AOL connection

[Frustrated]

I recently bought a new computer with Windows XP. My ISP
is AOL and I want to firewall the connection. According to
AOL, AOL must be accessed from the sign in screen and not
Windows dial up. Therefore, when I set up a connection in
network and internet connections and then firewall it, it
doesn't work. I can still connect through my desktop icon
but the connection I set up doesn't indicate I am online.
I have asked AOL twice how to activate the firewall and
nobody apparently can answer me even though they say I can
use either the Windows XP firewall or a third party
program. They keep telling me which programs to make sure
can be accessed through the firewall but not how to get it
in place. Can anybody help?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I recently bought a new computer with Windows XP. My ISP
| is AOL and I want to firewall the connection. According to
| AOL, AOL must be accessed from the sign in screen and not
| Windows dial up. Therefore, when I set up a connection in
| network and internet connections and then firewall it, it
| doesn't work. I can still connect through my desktop icon
| but the connection I set up doesn't indicate I am online.
| I have asked AOL twice how to activate the firewall and
| nobody apparently can answer me even though they say I can
| use either the Windows XP firewall or a third party
| program. They keep telling me which programs to make sure
| can be accessed through the firewall but not how to get it
| in place. Can anybody help?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you're using AOL, 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. This is because 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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