Windows Firewall Problem

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by gismo999, Oct 3, 2006.

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  1. gismo999

    gismo999 Registered Member

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    Hi PPL,

    I'm haing a problem turning off windows firewall...I know this sounds stupid but...
    I don't have a option to turn it off....

    It only lets me click on "Don't allow Exceptions"
    The other 2 choices are there ON(recommended) OFF (not recommended) but they are not highlighted to change the option.

    My husband turned off windows restore, so there is no system restore :(

    I'm guessing maybe windows firewall is permently blocking something(he says no)
    so is there a way to unblock whatever is blocked or maybe another way to force windows firewall to shutoff?

    I'm thinking this maybe my problem in the ewido section here!


    Thanks Guys
     
    gismo999, Oct 3, 2006
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  2. btman

    btman Registered Member

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    Can you post a screenshot?
     
    btman, Oct 3, 2006
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  3. Stem

    Stem Firewall Expert

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    If you are not using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing), you can disable the windows firewall from within the windows services.

    Go to the start menu / select "run",~ type services.msc, o.k.... in the services window, scroll down to windows firewall\internet connection sharing,... and double left click on this entry to bring up the properties window. Click "stop", and change the "startup type" to "disabled"

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    Stem, Oct 3, 2006
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  4. farmerlee

    farmerlee Registered Member

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    Yeah just disable the service, if you ever need to turn it on again you should be able to just click 'on' in the firewall settings and it will ask if you want to start the service and you just click yes.
     
    farmerlee, Oct 4, 2006
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  5. Bubba

    Bubba Updates Team

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    Without assuming wrongly....since you can click on "Don't allow Exceptions"....does that mean the dot is inside the ON(recommended) circle selection ?

    To your knowledge do you have another firewall installed ?

    Does this signed on user have Administrative privileges and just above the ON(recommended) choice does it say "You must be a computer administrator...."?
     
    Bubba, Oct 4, 2006
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  6. gismo999

    gismo999 Registered Member

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    Sorry for the late reply, I can't get here as often as I would like ....but stem's reply fixed my problem.

    Bubba I did have 2 firewalls running , I found it out by accident, I was hoping it was my prtoblem in the Ewido section here.


    Thanks to all :)
     
    gismo999, Oct 5, 2006
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  7. Hermescomputers

    Hermescomputers Registered Member

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    This sounds more like a user policy issue. Perhaps the user account actually does nothave administrator rights so you can change basic default settings.
    Consider using an admin account first....

    Perhaps not!
     
    Hermescomputers, Oct 5, 2006
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