Re: Ports on Xp

Mike wrote:
I wanted to close some ports on XP, such as 23 & 139,
but i seem to be somewhat baffeled...

You don't "close" the ports, you find out what is opening them and stop that
from running. A subtle but important distinction.

Let's start with: how did you determine that something was listening on
those ports in the first place.


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