Windows XP Pro Firewall

Can someone tell me where the XP Pro firewall is so that
I can see if it is turned on or off? I am also using
Norton Systemworks 2003 with their firewall enabled. I
was getting my computer ready for xpsp2 and somewhere I
ran a prgram that had 3 steps. #1 said I had all critical
updates and windows update was on automatic. #2 said
Windows firewall was on and #3 was waiting for Norton to
update their system before xpsp2 (which Norton said they
would be doing on Aug 10th). I am not sure if I now have
2 firewalls on or not. Any help would be appreciated.

Open up your network connections.

look for your Internet Connection
Look at Properties - Right Click on the Network Connection
Click on the Advanced Tab - Check if Firewall is activated

"Lon" wrote:

> Can someone tell me where the XP Pro firewall is so that
> I can see if it is turned on or off? I am also using
> Norton Systemworks 2003 with their firewall enabled. I
> was getting my computer ready for xpsp2 and somewhere I
> ran a prgram that had 3 steps. #1 said I had all critical
> updates and windows update was on automatic. #2 said
> Windows firewall was on and #3 was waiting for Norton to
> update their system before xpsp2 (which Norton said they
> would be doing on Aug 10th). I am not sure if I now have
> 2 firewalls on or not. Any help would be appreciated.
>

This will tell you about the firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673

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"Lon" <> wrote in message
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> Can someone tell me where the XP Pro firewall is so that
> I can see if it is turned on or off? I am also using
> Norton Systemworks 2003 with their firewall enabled. I
> was getting my computer ready for xpsp2 and somewhere I
> ran a prgram that had 3 steps. #1 said I had all critical
> updates and windows update was on automatic. #2 said
> Windows firewall was on and #3 was waiting for Norton to
> update their system before xpsp2 (which Norton said they
> would be doing on Aug 10th). I am not sure if I now have
> 2 firewalls on or not. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the help. Did as you said, but when I clicked
the advanced tab, I did not find anyhing pertaining to
firewall or the word firewall. Could it be called
something that I am unfamiliar with? I am using Windows
XP Pro.
>-----Original Message-----
>Open up your network connections.
>
>look for your Internet Connection
>Look at Properties - Right Click on the Network
Connection
>Click on the Advanced Tab - Check if Firewall is
activated
>
>"Lon" wrote:
>
>> Can someone tell me where the XP Pro firewall is so
that
>> I can see if it is turned on or off? I am also using
>> Norton Systemworks 2003 with their firewall enabled. I
>> was getting my computer ready for xpsp2 and somewhere
I
>> ran a prgram that had 3 steps. #1 said I had all
critical
>> updates and windows update was on automatic. #2 said
>> Windows firewall was on and #3 was waiting for Norton
to
>> update their system before xpsp2 (which Norton said
they
>> would be doing on Aug 10th). I am not sure if I now
have
>> 2 firewalls on or not. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>.
>