XP SP2 built in firewall settings? in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13573334 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:45:16 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:45:16 EDT Re: XP SP2 built in firewall settings? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13576339 anon : You'll love SP2's ICF no-frills simplicity. It's what I use exclusively.

TIP: A good idea is to make sure every unnecessary Windows service, and unused programs, are disallowed access to the network in ICF configuration.

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-- Dozlengs: »www.dozleng.com/Security/onlinetools.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13576339 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:13:53 EDT Re: XP SP2 built in firewall settings? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13573377 richter35 : If you want to allow access, yes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13573377 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 03:21:50 EDT XP SP2 built in firewall settings? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13573334 anon : I just updated my XP Pro SP1 to SP2 and trying out the SP2 built in firewall.

I have both eMule and Shareaza P2Ps and upon starting these two programs, do I just select "Unblock" from the built in SP2 firewall pop up window? and that's it?

Thanks and best regards.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13573334 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 03:02:46 EDT