Here’s a guide to show how you can enable or disable the Windows XP firewall. This will come in handy if you need to troubleshoot your network or if there are applications that needs to have the firewall disabled.
To access your Windows XP firewall GUI:
1. Click on Start and click on Control Panel:
2. Look for an icon named Network Connections and open that application.
3. When you have the Network Connections window open you should see a couple of connection icons. Depending on which connection you are using, right click on that icon and choose Properties. In most cases its usually Local Area Connection. Others use Wireless Network Connection specially for laptops.
4. Once you’ve opened the Properties window, click on the Advanced tab and then click on the Settings button.
5. You should see the Windows Firewall window. From here you can enable/disable your Windows firewall. To enable firewall click on the On radio button and press OK. To disable firewall click on the off radio button and press OK.
Its always a good idea to have your firewall on as it adds a level of protection to your system. However, there may be some cases where you need to disable it. I for one had to disable mine when we played a popular network game (StarCraft) over local area network. ^_^
I’ve shown you earlier the potential danger of hidden file extensions in Windows XP. This time I’ll show you how to disable this behavior to make your system a tad secure. 1. Open Windows Explorer and click on the Tools menu. 2. Select Folder Options. When a window appears click on the View tab. 3. [...]
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Question. Why is it potentially dangerous to have your file extensions hidden? For the sake of answering this question, I’ll provide an example. For this demonstration, I’ve purposely enabled hiding of file extensions on Windows Explorer, which is the default behavior after you install Windows XP. I went to a folder full of executable programs. [...]
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This is a password management software review for SurfSecret Keypad. Often times we have a lot of login credentials for the different web services that we subscribe to. Believe it or not, its not easy to remember all your passwords specially if there’s one credential that you don’t use often. Enter SurfSecret Keypad. Before you [...]
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I had this happen to me a few times before, losing something I’m working at when my battery suddenly runs out of power. Thank goodness for MS Word’s autosave I recovered my work, but after I plug in the power supply and boot my laptop I had to open a lot of programs again which [...]
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This is a guide to show you how to uninstall a program in Windows XP. To most of you who thinks this is a no-brainer, you can skip this post, but for those who are about to make their first program uninstall, you are definitely in the right place. Let’s uninstall: 1. Begin by clicking [...]
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Here’s how to enable receiving SMS reminders on Google calendar. Before you can enable SMS reminder on your google calendar you need to set it up with your mobile phone. Once you’ve verified your mobile phone with Google calendar the rest is pretty easy. 1. Begin by clicking on the Settings link on the upper [...]
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If you are like me who constantly uses Google Calendar to keep track of deadlines and events, here’s a nifty feature that you may have not used yet: Getting reminders to your mobile cellphone. To setup mobile reminders in Google Calendar: 1. Click the Settings link on the upper left corner of the calendar. 2. [...]
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My ASUS F8SG came with Vista Home Basic and I just didn’t have time to figure out how to run Apache in it so the only solution I had was to switch to Windows XP Pro. I used nLite to slipstream the SATA driver and the process is just the same as slipstreaming a SATA [...]
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If you are noticing that your boot time is getting longer than usual, you may need to inspect what programs your OS are loading during startup. To do this you need to click on Start, then Run and on the field type “msconfig” without the quotes then press Enter. You’ll immediately see this window. The [...]
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