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Posted by TS Mathews on May 31, 2006, 10:42 am
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New to the group, I just read the thread about whether or not to use
Microsoft's or McAfee's firewall and was surprised to see people recomment
Windows. I just had to reformat and resintall my software and when I
installed my MSN Premium and wanted to install the firewall, I got
redirected to McAfee for installation of theirs which made me guess that
they're writing the Windows version or will be.
As my system has some problem with McAfee and I ended up having to stop
installing programs, start over and install Zone Alarm instead BUT I really
preferred what I'll call "the old Windows Firewall."
My question then is, did I make some sort of mistake and inadvertantly get
myself redirected to McAfee and/or is it still possible to install the
Microsoft one?
Thanks
Tim
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Posted by Miha Pihler [MVP] on May 31, 2006, 1:09 pm
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Hi,
I am not sure if I understand your question correctly.
If you are running Windows XP (SP2) you can go to Control Panel click on
Windows Firewall Icon. Here, make sure that you have "On" selected under
General tab with "Don't allow exceptions" (whenever possible). There are no
additional installations required.
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> New to the group, I just read the thread about whether or not to use
> Microsoft's or McAfee's firewall and was surprised to see people recomment
> Windows. I just had to reformat and resintall my software and when I
> installed my MSN Premium and wanted to install the firewall, I got
> redirected to McAfee for installation of theirs which made me guess that
> they're writing the Windows version or will be.
>
> As my system has some problem with McAfee and I ended up having to stop
> installing programs, start over and install Zone Alarm instead BUT I
> really preferred what I'll call "the old Windows Firewall."
>
> My question then is, did I make some sort of mistake and inadvertantly get
> myself redirected to McAfee and/or is it still possible to install the
> Microsoft one?
>
> Thanks
> Tim
>
>
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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on May 31, 2006, 3:55 pm
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"TS Mathews" wrote:
> New to the group, I just read the thread about whether or not to use
> Microsoft's or McAfee's firewall and was surprised to see people recomment
> Windows. I just had to reformat and resintall my software and when I
> installed my MSN Premium and wanted to install the firewall, I got
> redirected to McAfee
seems to be just an advertisement
> for installation of theirs which made me guess that
> they're writing the Windows version or will be.
>
No , they are not writing MS Firewall's code
> As my system has some problem with McAfee and I ended up having to stop
> installing programs, start over and install Zone Alarm instead BUT I really
> preferred what I'll call "the old Windows Firewall."
What do you mean "start over" . Didi you fully formated and reinstall your
Windows ? The old Windows Firewall ... yes , it was made in 2004 but if you
update your Windows , it will be also up-to-date .
> My question then is, did I make some sort of mistake and inadvertantly get
> myself redirected to McAfee and/or is it still possible to install the
> Microsoft one?
>
Yes , you are still possible to use your Windows Firewall . You don't have
to install it . Windows XP Firewall is a part of the operating system and by
default , it is ON and the service called Windows Firewall is by default
started automatically .
Do the following :
Make sure you have uninstall any thirty party firewalls.
Start-Setting-Control Panel -Administratinve tools -Services
Find Windows Firewall . Do NOT touch it , just make sure it is "Started" and
"Automatic" . Close.
Then , Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> ON + check "Don't allow
exceptions"
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Posted by TS Mathews on June 1, 2006, 7:33 am
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> My reply is mixed with your words:
>
>> As my system has some problem with McAfee and I ended up having to stop
>> installing programs, start over and install Zone Alarm instead BUT I
>> really
>> preferred what I'll call "the old Windows Firewall."
>
>
> What do you mean "start over" . Didi you fully formated and reinstall your
> Windows ? The old Windows Firewall ... yes , it was made in 2004 but if
> you
> update your Windows , it will be also up-to-date .
>
Yes, with each new installation the system got slower and slower and I
realized that something REALLY negative was taking place so, as I was fairly
near the beginning of the process, I decided that rather than remove McAfee
and not know what files etc are still actually on my system and, maybe even
running, I'd just format again and restart a second time.
>
>> My question then is, did I make some sort of mistake and inadvertantly
>> get
>> myself redirected to McAfee and/or is it still possible to install the
>> Microsoft one?
>>
Thanks so much. I followed your instructions and now have the ZA removed
and the Microsoft one fully operational. I guess it had just been so long
since I'd done a reformat etc that I'd forgotten how I came to have the
firewall and was thinking it was part of my MSN Premium as opposed to the
basic Windows XP. Anyway, problem solved now...thanks again.
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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on June 1, 2006, 2:20 pm
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Feel free to contact the Community again and thanks for letting us know you
fixed your problem . Enjoy your Windows Firewall .
Panda_man
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