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I found the following clip on YouTube when I have problems with Windows Update KB2267602. But I do not quite understand what is meant. I turned off the firewall, and afterwards I updated Windows Defender again. After that I turned off and on PC. But still came up the same error in Windows...

I have configurated a local area network with my desktop and laptop. from the desktop i can't access to my laptop because of the Laptop windows firewall. I disable and finish my problem. How can I revise the firewall configuration to allow the connection ? Best Regards

Hi, first of all I'd like to introduce my self on the forum, hope will find lots of good stuff and knowlegeble people that will help. I have HPG62 with 4GB, and Pentium T4500, win7 Home Premium SP1 64Bit, using standard windows firewall and Avira free antivirus. Since mid december 2016 my...

My firewall is set to block all connections, just outlook is open. But in outlook there is an rss feed, and i'm trying to block it. Is there a possibility to define in the firewall's rule, that it will allow outlook to connect only to a specific IP (gmail)? Thanks

Is it possible to block temporarily all (outgoing) Internet traffic WITHOUT using the build-in Windows firewall? I guess there is a simple utility which offers a "traffic OFF" button which obviously cuts all traffic until the user re-pushes him. Is there such a tool or another simple way for...

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Since I am the only one using the local computer a disable oftentimes the UAC here in WIn 7. I am much more worried about unidentifed and unwanted outgoing connections. So what I need are prompts independently from UAC. Is there a way (e.g.by using an Addon) to tell the WinFirewall "if you...

So my Windows Firewall has been playing up recently. I have no other firewalls on my PC and just use Windows Defender and Malwarebytes for antivirus. A few months ago the firewall started requesting access for any application that wanted to connect to the internet every time I opened the...

I want to lock one computer out of our home LAN - yet let it still access the wifi so's it can get the internet. How can I do that? The purpose is to avoid any contamination it might pick up being spread across the LAN.

I am using windows 10. my firewall turns off automatically at start up and Microsoft edge home page shows proxy setting error. I think I have malware as i downloaded some free software and since then this has been happening. But MCAfee did not detect any virus or malware. I tried to remove some...

Assume I want to backup (for later restore or for import on another Win 7 computer) all the current Win 7 firewall rules. How do I do this? Where are they stored? In Registry or in a file? Peter

As I found out the Windows firewall service is always running even when I do not use the WF (=is disabled). Is this correct? Second question: When I go to: Control Panel--->System and Security--->Windows Firewall then currently the section "Home or work (private) networks" is labelled as...

I have windows 10 Home with all current updates. Just in the last 3 weeks my firewall has become uncontrollable. ANY, meaning any, app or game gets a warning box thrown up immediatley and for some of my games, this kicks me from the server. When I add apps to exception list and hit OK, they are...

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hi all, i have made a vsftpd ftps server and i can access it using my pc, filezilla client no problem if its on the "internal" network but when i make it on the "perimiter" network i cant access it atall the rule is 115 and i have opened up the ports, ie 21 ftp and the passive ports...

I have an app that worked perfectly a month ago, but now it quits almost immediately after launch. I've disabled my anti-virus and my firewall, but it still won't run long enough to show the GUI or produce any error messages. No log files are created as a result of this failure, so I'm utterly...

Hello all! Since yesterday morning, I've had an error with the Firewall not turning back on. The day before, it was on, and working fine! I haven't installed anything since, except we had a new router installed because our old one had the wrong charger to it. The new one worked fine the day we...

Hello all, I am currently having an issue where several programs won’t connect to the internet while others will and I can’t seem to track down the problem. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 6.1.7601. I have ensured that proxy servers are disabled, my firewall has been configured to...

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Hi, So currently have 2 computers. My main computer is my desktop and my other is the laptop I am on currently. My Desktop has no wireless connection and is connected to my laptop via Ethernet cable. My laptop is then connected to the internet wirelessly and through ICS i have had normal...