How to find the firewall

Since the XP line operating systems of the Windows family appeared tool that plays a key role in ensuring the security of your computer - firewall or firewall. Management of the firewallω is carried out using special equipment, access to which can be obtained in several ways. However, novice users of personal computers often raises the question of how to find firewall in Windows.

You will need

- administrator rights in Windows.

Instruction

Find the firewallusing the icon in a folder window "control Panel". Open the control panel window. To do this, click on the "start" button located in the taskbar on the desktop. To open a menu. Highlight "settings", wait until a child menu, click on "control Panel".In the opened control panel window, locate the shortcut to Windows Firewall. If control panel is set to display items by categories, pre-click "Network and Internet connections". Search for the label, focusing on the names of the elements. For faster searching you can switch to display mode "table" by clicking on the corresponding menu item "View". You should then sort the list by "Name" column by clicking on it with the mouse.Open the administration window firewallohms. Double click with the left mouse button on the icon "Windows Firewall", or right click and select "Open" from the context menu.

Find the firewallusing the network connections folder. Open the folder network connections. This can be done either by clicking on the "start" button, then selecting "settings" and "Network connections", or by selecting the menu item "Open folder "Network connections" item in the context menu that appears when right clicking the mouse on the connection icon in the system tray.Find window block "Network tasks". Expand it if it is collapsed, clicking on the arrow icon in the upper right corner of the block. Open the firewallby clicking on the link "Change settings for the firewalland Windows.

Go to the management of the firewall, part of Windows control properties of the particular network connection. Open the folder network connections using one of the methods described in the second step. Click the right mouse button on one of the shortcut network connections. In the context menu select "Properties". In the displayed dialog go to the Advanced tab. In the control group "Windows Firewall" click on "Settings".

Note

Do not change firewall settings without a special need. Rash change settings (for example, open ports) may threaten the safety of your computer.

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