Turning off the Firewall with XP

stepnkev · 03-27-2007, 11:33 AM

I am trying to turn off my Firewall on my home PC. I’m running Windows XP sp 2. When I go into Security Center I see my Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection are all ‘on’. However, if I click on the Firewall link at the bottom, a window pops up with the ‘off’ radio button already selected. This seems a little strange to me. I tried S/S the Firewall/ICS service through Services and that didn’t work.

The reason I want to turn off my Firewall is because I am unable to connect to the Shared drive at work from home and would like to test if my Firewall is causing the problem or not.

How do I turn off my Firewall?

Thanks

synergy · 03-27-2007, 11:47 AM

Another way is to go to your network connections. Right click on the one you use and go to Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. You will see options for Windows firewall there. See if that works.

Mak213 · 03-27-2007, 12:36 PM

Start>Run>Services.msc

When that loads scroll down to Windows Firewall and turn it off and make sure it doesnt start up automatically. That will take care of it for you.

03-27-2007, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
stepnkev Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	Turning off the Firewall with XP I am trying to turn off my Firewall on my home PC. I’m running Windows XP sp 2. When I go into Security Center I see my Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection are all ‘on’. However, if I click on the Firewall link at the bottom, a window pops up with the ‘off’ radio button already selected. This seems a little strange to me. I tried S/S the Firewall/ICS service through Services and that didn’t work. The reason I want to turn off my Firewall is because I am unable to connect to the Shared drive at work from home and would like to test if my Firewall is causing the problem or not. How do I turn off my Firewall? Thanks

03-27-2007, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
synergy Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere between a 1 and a 0 Posts: 716	Re: Turning off the Firewall with XP Another way is to go to your network connections. Right click on the one you use and go to Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. You will see options for Windows firewall there. See if that works. __________________ Frodo failed! BUSH has the ring! ______________________________________ Q9650 E0 stock for now \| EVGA 132-CK nForce 780i SLI 2GB OCZ Reaper PC2 9200, 571 MHz 5-6-6-16 \| (2x) 8800 GT, 700/1000 in SLI (2x) 74GB Raptors in RAID-0 \| (1x) 320 GB Cuda \| (1x) 750 GB Cuda Soundblaster X-FI \| Sceptre 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor Gigabyte 3D Aurora Case \| Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W PSU Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme HSF Dual boot, WinXP Pro & Vista Ultimate 64bit \| 3dMark06 21,519 \| TF2 Stats Page

03-27-2007, 12:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,557	Re: Turning off the Firewall with XP Start>Run>Services.msc When that loads scroll down to Windows Firewall and turn it off and make sure it doesnt start up automatically. That will take care of it for you. __________________

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