Re: Can not Enable Firewall in XP Home Edition

From: I'm Probably Not Here (_at_SomewhereElse.Com)
Date: 08/15/03 

Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:37:58 -0600

On 15/8/2003 7:59, Mike wrote:

> I can not enable the firewall for a dial-up connection
> on Microsoft XP Home Edition. When I get to the Network
> Tasks window and click on "Change settings of this
> connection", nothing happens. It just sits there. The
> ISP is AOL. What am I doing wrong?
>

What you are doing wrong is using AOL, a service that intentionally made
their service incompatible with Internet and Windows XP standards, so
that the XP ICF will not work.

You need to find/download and/or purchase a firewall that can get around
  AOL's stupidty.