When Windows XP Firewall is off it doesn't alert me. How can I fix this problem?
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To turn on the alerts, hit Start-Settings-Control Panel-Security Center.\n\nOn the left side you'll see "Change the way Security Center Alerts Me", click on that and check the alerts you want to see.
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If it is the Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel, and go to Windows Firewall.  You can turn it off there, but beware, don't keep it off for long.
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Knowing what Firewall you have would help to answer your question. What you'll have to do is turn the firewall off or (better) add the program to that firewall's list of programs not to be blocked. You can probably find your firewall by hovering over the icons in your startup menu until you see the name of it. It could just be the Windows firewall (kind of looks like a shield).
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Good Morning,\n\nWhen you install xp SP2, a firewall is installed on your computer, you are only required to put it on if you have not already done this during the installation process.\nGo to:\nStart, control panel, security center---> you will find firewall put it on.\n\nI hope this helps\nThanks
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is your firewall off?
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turning off ur firewall while ur on da. internet is da. bad thing to do now ur pc is wide open for virus .trojans .spyware.& mailware let me just show you want you have let in ur pc now you put da. firewall off \n\nOffensive rootkits, which are used hide malware programs and maintain an undetectable presence on an infected machine, have become the weapon of choice for virus and spyware writers and, because they often use kernel hooks to avoid detection,\n\nwin xp firewall is no good at all  beforsetting up ZoneAlarm  it tells you never have internet access on till you have ur firewall on \n\n\nur msn go to ur msn settings and set up a photo that you want to display then hit on apply and ok for it to show in display \n\nyou need to set ur pc in safemode to check for mailware on ur pc . what comes with that is trojans .
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Look in your Firewall settings
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check firewalls and their settings
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Hi,\nI had used Zone Alarm, and i did not like it. It appears in every action of pc or windows etc, from the right bottom of the window.\n\nI am using now Nod32 for antivirus and trojans etc. And XP firewall is open at the same time. Nod32 is working at background but it does not make me feel that it is working. Nod32 just does his job perfectly.
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Windows 2000 has a firewall!\nYou can find it in the TCP-IP properties of the network adapter (TCP-IP Filter)\n\nIt's not a sensation but that is the XP SP2 firewall neither.\n\n\nFOR THOSE WO mean that the TCP-IP Filter ist not a firewall, please read this article:\n\nhttp://homepages.wmich.edu/~mchugha/w2kfirewall.htm\n\nand tell me, what can you do with XP SP2 that you can't do with the one from Win2000
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modify the firewal's settings if it's on your pc\nif the firewall is on a server you must ask the admin to do that \nBYE
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turn off your firewall
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you need more information, firewalls are as different as websites.\nIf you're talking about XP's built-in firewall, it shouldn't be blocking it unless you told it too. So go to control panel, firewall, 2nd tab, and IE should be checked.\n\nI use zone alarm, and that's much more complicated. Go to program control and it's one of the tabs that gives you a program list. You then have to make sure that IE has privelages to access the internet.\n\nIf it's norton internet security, uninstall it. You're better without it
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Just use the McAfee complete suite. It should offer to turn off the XP firewall for you, if not you can shut it off. Using both slows down traffic. Zone Alarm is FREE because it is SPY WARE.............
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u should not turn off ur firewall. use sysem restore.
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If you can't configure the firewall to work properly, then disable it.   Try the Windows XP SP2 firewall option instead, or get the free version of Zone Alarm\n\nZoneAlarm\nZone Alarm is a terrific firewall program that may help prevent popups and other problems on your computer.\nhttp://www.zonelabs.com
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drop your windows firewall. but make sure you have another one running.