How to disable the built in firewall

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Lois Kearney

I need to disable the firewall that came built in my
WindowsXP-Home Edition.I can get through all the steps up
to where it says "properties".When I click
on "properties" trying to get to the "advanced tab",I
cannot get "advanced tab" to come up.I've even been told
if I could disable the ICF/ICS in service manager,I
wouldn't need to disable the firewall.I don't have any
techinal knowledge of computers so could someone please
help me,I have become so frustrated trying to do
something I have no knowledge about.
 
Try this:

Click on Start, Run.
Type in: services.msc

In the list find Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS)
Double-click on it.
Change Startup type to Disabled. Click OK. Restart the computer.
 
Lois;
First of all you need to be logged in to an Administrator account.
Second, if you are using AOL, ICF and AOL are not compatible so ICF is
not enabled on the AOL connection.
 
Greetings --

AOL has deliberately made their software incompatible with WinXP's
firewall. AOL's proprietary connection applet is deliberately
designed to preclude your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to
include enabling/disabling WinXP's firewall, which is
connection-specific.

Contact AOL's tech support for resolution of problems with (or
caused by) their product.


Bruce Chambers

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Greetings --

You think AOL has maintained the same unalterable DUN connectoid
all these years by accident?


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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This was a customer's installation that was using AOL 8.0 .
[Personally, I wouldn't choose to touch AOL's software with a
barge-pole, but I can't afford to turn away profitable business.]
JB
 
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