Re: How to disable firewall in XP Home Edition?

From: Bill Sanderson (bill_NoSpamSanderson@msn.com)
Date: 06/02/02 

From: "Bill Sanderson" <bill_NoSpamSanderson@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 20:48:21 -0400

I don't have a quick fix for your issue with Properties, although I think I
have seen it posted before--is there a REPAIR choice, when you right-click??

However, I think the tech support is all wet in this case. The XP firewall
doesn't do anything with outbound traffic except optionally log it. So, I
doubt that is your issue, unless this is an unusual sort of connection which
involves an incoming connection from a machine with which you don't already
have an outbound connection--this is not terribly likely,

So--what sort of Internet connection is this? Is it a DSL connection, using
PPPoE (where you need to "sign on" giving a username/password pair??)

"Ron Carlson" <Ronald_E_Carlson@msn.com> wrote in message
news:944a01c209a8$483a6f20$a5e62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
> Thanks, John and Mad. Unfortunately, neither solution
> works. Same problem -- I get nothing when I click
> properties.
>
> Ron
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Open control panel, click Network and internet
> connections, click network
> >connections, right click your connection, click
> properties, uncheck the box
> >before "Protect my computer and network by limiting or
> preventing access to
> >this computer from the internet". click OK.
> >
> >"Ron Carlson" <Ronald_E_Carlson@msn.com> wrote in message
> >news:969a01c20981$884f8860$36ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa12...
> >> I have Windows XP Home Edition.
> >>
> >> I am unable to access a university web-site because, I
> am
> >> told by the techies at the university, I have to
> disable
> >> the firewall in my Windows XP. When I try to do that
> >> using the Help instructions, I get to
> >>
> >> "Click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet
> connection
> >> that you want to protect, and then, under Network
> Tasks,
> >> click Change settings of this connection."
> >>
> >> But when I click it, nothing happens.
> >>
> >> What am I doing wrong?
> >>
> >> Ron
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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