Re: disable windows firewall

From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 04/02/05 

Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:33:03 -0800

firewall trouble wrote:

> Help! I bought and downloaded a program on line. I always get an error
> message telling me it can't connect to the site I bought it from.
> Their tech people say it's a security issue. I have tryied turning
> every security device I have off. The only on I discovered I can't is.
> The windows fire wall. I turn it off in one place and then in another
> it says it's on. How do I disable it temporarly? I have tried the
> exeptions , but it doesn't seem to work. Please help!!!

What program? What do you mean you "can't connect to the site" you
bought it from? To download the program? The Windows Firewall will not
prevent you from downloading a file. To answer your question, you can
turn off the Windows Firewall service by doing:

Start>Run services.msc [enter]

and scrolling down to the Windows Firewall service and disabling it.

*HOWEVER* - it would be extremely unwise to have your computer on the
Internet unprotected by a firewall, even for a minute. Please post back
with more information about the program, the website (with the url so
people can check it out for you), text of any error messages, and
exactly what you are trying to do.

Malke 

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