Re: Unable change firewall settings
"Chappy" <Chappy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3127838B-EB9A-4B68-8C21-2B24B39629D4@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Try disabling the Windows Firewall Service itself, that's how I disabled
> it
> to run another Firewall, since the built-in Windows firewall is kinda
> cr@ppy..
>
If you have made this statement about the Vista FW/packet filter, then you
do not know what you are talking about.
> In Control Panel, Admin tools, click Services, scroll to Windows Firewall.
> Dbl-clk it to open the properties, click Stop the Service and then set the
> Startup Type to Disabled. Reboot and this should take care of that for
> you.
> When you're done with Remote help be sure to reverse those settings...even
> tho it's a cr@ppy firewall it's better than no firewall at all.
You do not know what you are talking about when it comes to the Vista
FW/packet filter.
I suspect that you have installed some kind of a 3rd party snake-oil crap
solution that's your security blanket that's trying to protect *you* from
*you* that it cannot do, with all the little bells and whistles.
What is it?