Vista Firewall

[John]

I have Vista Home. When I access the advanced menu for Vista firewall and
activate the out going protection for the firewall, my computer will not
connect to the internet. Is there a setting that I have failed to check?

 

[Carey Frisch]

The Windows Vista Firewall is definitely better than the Windows XP Firewall because it is able to control incoming and outgoing
connections.

How to Create Exceptions in Windows Vista Firewall
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/uncategorized/how-to-create-exceptions-in-windows-vista-firewall/

 

[CBoom]

the vista firewall has advanced settings if you want..

go here and scroll down the page until you find the advanced title

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6098592.html

 

[Kayman]

I am new to Vista, but I have read that the Firewall protection does
not actually have outgoing protection. Can it be, that outgoing
protection actually stops everything from outgoing?

Educational reading (READ IN ITS ENTIRETY!):

Managing the Windows Vista Firewall
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc510323.aspx

SolutionBase: Take a look at the Windows Vista Firewall
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6171339.html?tag=rbxccnbtr1

Vista Firewall Control 32-bit version
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/index.cfm?categoryid=1446&itemId=64950

Windows Firewall: the best new security feature in Vista?
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx

Easy guide to make Windows Firewall better in Windows Vista.
http://www.expertvista.com/security/winfirewall2.html

Good luck

 

[english_dude]

the free version of Vista Firewall Control sets the Vista FW to block
all outgoing by default, then asks on a per application basis to allow/
deny (like Zone Alarm etc) this time only/always

free from

http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html