Windows XP Firewall

My XPpro indicates that the firewall is shutoff however I still
occasionally get firewall warnings indicating that a firewall is
stopping something from occurring even though it is shut off. I
credit this problem as a possibility with my inability to get the
latest downloads from MS so... How does one dump the XP firewall
permenantly? ( it's as if there's a broken switch and it will not
shut off). TIA

Chris

did you set it off via the control panel ?

"Chris" <coverland914 @ yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My XPpro indicates that the firewall is shutoff however I still
> occasionally get firewall warnings indicating that a firewall is
> stopping something from occurring even though it is shut off. I
> credit this problem as a possibility with my inability to get the
> latest downloads from MS so... How does one dump the XP firewall
> permenantly? ( it's as if there's a broken switch and it will not
> shut off). TIA
>
> Chris

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:40:15 +0200, "Ion Petrov" <>
wrote:

>did you set it off via the control panel ?

Yes I did. I use Zone Alarm with a Router (w/built in firewall) so
keep the Windows Firewall shut off. Interesting that an XPhome
machine on my network that is behind the router w/Zone Alarm updates
just fine but the XPpro machine will not (presumably because of
firewall issues).