Re: Windows Firewall will not disable!

Open Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, open Services, scroll to list
on the right to Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing, select it and
double click, set Startup type to Disabled. That said, if you connect to
the Internet at all, you need some kind of firewall. Unless you are
connecting to the Internet through a router, you almost certainly will
become infected upon going online. This is especially important if you have
a broadband connection as they are always on.

If the above doesn't resolve the issue, please take this question to the
windowsxp.network_web newsgroup.

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"Yogi" <yogi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with the windows firewall interferring with PCAnywhere
> or any other program that I try to use to access the computer. I have
> disabled the firewall, however with you run wscui.cpl the firewall still
> shows up as active and all the indications that I'm getting suggests that
> the firewall is still present. Is there a hack or something that I can do
> to
> disable the firewall other than through the control panel?
>
> Currently the system with Windows XP is set up on a temporary lan with a
> hub
> between the to computers while I troubleshoot this problem. I can connect
> from the problem machine into to the other machine without a problem but
> the
> reverse is not true. I used software to monitor the packet traffic and it
> show tha the problem machine is ignoring all requests---Just like a
> firewall
> is present! However as I said before the firewall has been diabled or it
> should be according to the control panel. Is there something that I'm
> missing!?
>
> Things that I have tried as a last resort:
> removed PCAnwhere
> removed Service pack 2
> reinstall Service pack 2
> reinstalled PCAnywhere
>
> And I have tried rebooting in every configuration I can think of to get
> the
> firewall to fall!
>
> Any Help would be greatly appreciatied.
>
> Tim
>
>


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