REALLY turning off the firewall

I've temporarily disabled the firewall, as one of my peer-to-peer
applications is complaining about being firewalled and losing connectivity.
This was after I had "allowed" the application, so to speak. So I disable
it entirely and the application still has problems. Is there any way (other
than rolling back to SP1) to have it legitimately turn off the firewall
behavior completely? I want certain applications to have unrestricted
access for both incoming and outgoing, and I can't seem to get it to oblige
me.

Thanks,
James

start, control panel, security center, "change the way security center
alerts me"
And:
start, control panel, windows firewall, choose "off"
Hope this helps!
"James Baker" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I've temporarily disabled the firewall, as one of my peer-to-peer
> applications is complaining about being firewalled and losing
> connectivity.
> This was after I had "allowed" the application, so to speak. So I disable
> it entirely and the application still has problems. Is there any way
> (other
> than rolling back to SP1) to have it legitimately turn off the firewall
> behavior completely? I want certain applications to have unrestricted
> access for both incoming and outgoing, and I can't seem to get it to
> oblige
> me.
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
>

How to Open Ports in the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ect/ports.mspx

Internet firewalls can prevent browsing and file sharing
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx

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"James Baker" wrote:

| I've temporarily disabled the firewall, as one of my peer-to-peer
| applications is complaining about being firewalled and losing connectivity.
| This was after I had "allowed" the application, so to speak. So I disable
| it entirely and the application still has problems. Is there any way (other
| than rolling back to SP1) to have it legitimately turn off the firewall
| behavior completely? I want certain applications to have unrestricted
| access for both incoming and outgoing, and I can't seem to get it to oblige
| me.
|
| Thanks,
| James

James, be aware, that many P2P applications have built-in software bits and
pieces like fx. ad-ware, that pose a potential security thread to your
system (or your personal information residing on your system). I had KaZaa
installed for a while (while still on WinXP Pro SP1), and before installing
Symantec's Norton Internet Security (containing a firewall, antivirus and
other great stuff). When I installed Norton Internet Security 2004 + Norton
System Works 2004 (System Doctor, SpeedDisk etc.), I suddenly had tons of
warnings of what was REALLY going on on my system.

Other great tools to spot adware (and other behind-the-scene things, that
are installed) is X-Setup from http://www.xteq.com/

Hope this helps!

Best regards
Flemming


"James Baker" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I've temporarily disabled the firewall, as one of my peer-to-peer
> applications is complaining about being firewalled and losing
> connectivity.
> This was after I had "allowed" the application, so to speak. So I disable
> it entirely and the application still has problems. Is there any way
> (other
> than rolling back to SP1) to have it legitimately turn off the firewall
> behavior completely? I want certain applications to have unrestricted
> access for both incoming and outgoing, and I can't seem to get it to
> oblige
> me.
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
>

"flnielsen" <> wrote in message
news:412dc5a6$0$25968$ ...

> Other great tools to spot adware (and other behind-the-scene things, that
> are installed) is X-Setup from http://www.xteq.com/

Sorry, James, my mistake: X-Setup is a Windows tweaking tool. What I really
meant was a tool called SpyBot. Can't find the exact link to the developer
right now, but I downloaded it from Tucows via this link:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138.html

Have a nice one

;-)
F

The problem is, I've allowed the application explicitly through the
"Security Center" and I've unblocked the port that it operates on. It seems
to be limiting the number of connections. I've since modified my TCPIP.sys
file to allow 50 connections or so, but I'm not sure that it's helping that
much.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:Oz$...
> How to Open Ports in the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ect/ports.mspx
>
> Internet firewalls can prevent browsing and file sharing
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
>
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> "James Baker" wrote:
>
> | I've temporarily disabled the firewall, as one of my peer-to-peer
> | applications is complaining about being firewalled and losing
connectivity.
> | This was after I had "allowed" the application, so to speak. So I
disable
> | it entirely and the application still has problems. Is there any way
(other
> | than rolling back to SP1) to have it legitimately turn off the firewall
> | behavior completely? I want certain applications to have unrestricted
> | access for both incoming and outgoing, and I can't seem to get it to
oblige
> | me.
> |
> | Thanks,
> | James
>