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Hello,
I just bought my first laptop. It runs Vista, and I need a software firewall to protect both its Ethernet and wifi connections.
I use the free Comodo Personal Firewall on my desktop, but I read that wifi protection requires upgrading to the commercial...
Started by OverTheRainbow on
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Using the baked-in vista one has the advantage of letting windows installer open ports when a vista....
Windows Firewall any specific requirements.
Windows firewall is really ok.
Just use the firewall Microsoft is shipping.
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Set objFirewall = CreateObject("HNetCfg.FwMgr") Set objPolicy = objFirewall.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile objPolicy.FirewallEnabled = FALSE
This script does not work in Vista/2008 and Windows 7 anymore. Even with elevation.
The error box is shown "a program...
Started by Jazbit on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
For a simple command line \ batch file:
netsh firewall set opmode disable
Or with PowerShell:
$firewall = New-Object -com HNetCfg.FwMgr $firewall.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.FirewallEnabled = $false
Both work fine under Windows Vista....
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Is it possible to execute port redirection/forwarding with the built-in firewall (or some other software) for Vista/Windows 2008?
I want to forward port 8443 to 3389 (HTTPS forwarded to Remote Desktop port) for RDP access to a server from places where...
Started by Roy on
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And it is quite useful/handy.....
Windows Firewall is not a router for this you'll need to install NAT (Network address translation), and have a knowledge on how to configure it, the software firewall merely blocks incoming requests firewal.
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But more specifically I'm guessing that using both the Windows Firewall and a router's built in firewall are redundant? Which...
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So....
And yes in depth".
On Vista I believe the built-in firewall does do outbound checking, but it is disabledI have always heard that a router/hardware firewall is better than a software firewall.
In Windows Firewall.
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About a month ago, I tried to turn my firewall on and it would not. I have checked online for a solution and followed some of the suggestions - restart service, only allow ms services to run on startup, etc - but nothing has worked so far.
Does anyone...
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Have you ran some scans like free malwarebytes as a virus can turn off your Firewall Yes, As soon, on 5/18/2012
Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00
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Does anyone have any experience migrating from a Cisco PIX to a so-called non-enterprise grade firewall/router/vpn?
I'm a non-networking professional (developer) that flunked the CCNA (only got a 730) and find myself missing the ease of configuration ...
Started by Arnshea on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
The Cisco VPN client is compatible with Vista but is a bit finicky something similiar to get workstations....
Other firewall manufacturers that you devices like this in the past.
That engineered their products from the ground up to be used by SMB .
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Hello,
I'm setting up a windows machine for a friend and wanted to install a free firewall. The trick is, I need the firewall to be interactive in that if a program requests to get 'out' the firewall gives an alert and the chance to block all external...
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(However, I haven't tried it since they merged their antivirus and firewall products together, so I don't and apparently each of the....
The Vista built.
Firewall does prompt to allow applications external access at the first attempt.
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Microsoft is readying a new, highly configurable firewall for its upcoming Windows Vista operating system that is designed to give system administrators much greater control over which applications are allowed to run on the systems they manage.
The new...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at digital-digest):
I found this re:Vista.I didn't yhink I should start a new thread & it might be old news to some .
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Vista Firewall. by The Kestrel ยป June 28th, 2007, 10:01 pm
Having purchased a new base unit with Vista home premium, I am gradually loading up all my software, files and settings. I am interested in other Vista users views on the firewall supplied. Is...
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What is the best firewall for Windows 7?
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Windows 7 Firewall Control
http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/
This is a more advanced front endThere is some....
The built-in firewall seemed more effective than the ZoneAlarm firewall so I just gave up with it :).
Vista.
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