Girl Geekette

Windows firewall may be great for may users, but it seems to do nothing for me more than being something annoying and possibly stopping a program from wanting that I want to run.

So, for me, I like to turn it off. This is how I turn it off:

Set the Control Panel to Small Icons. If you need a quick idea of how to do this, see Set Control Panel View.

Click on Windows Firewall

If Windows Firewall is on, you will see a screen similar to this one:

Windows Firewall - On

To Turn it off, Click on “Turn Windows Firewall on or off” on the left hand side of the screen

You will then see a screen similar to this:

Turn Windows Firewall On or Off screen

Click on Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) And Click OK

Windows Firewall - Off