Is firewall active if not logged into PC

From: John Robertson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:19:15 -0800

I use symantic firewall and user profiles on my home PC.
I am on Broadband.
The question: is firewall active if pc is on but not
logged in to windows.
The firewall seems to start when user logs in but if lef
at the user login screen I don't know if firewall and
antivirus is started.

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