Microsoft Corp. has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a potentially serious configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Users who ...

Windows XP includes the Windows Firewall, which blocks incoming Internet traffic. The firewall can be enabled or disabled by adjusting a setting in the registry. There are two such registry settings - ...

Some consider it one of Microsoft's greatest blunders. With the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft made the conscious decision to turn on the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) for ...

We're finding an increasing number of our machines seem to be totally ignoring the Group Policy that's assigned to a parent OU to disable the Windows XP Firewall.<BR><BR>The GPO is set to simply ...

The launch of the ISA 2004 network firewall and caching solution at Tech Ed 2004, as well as the Windows XP security update in mid-May, stand to give ISVs and channel partners better firewall ...

This important security function is better handled by a third-party program. Windows Firewall doesn't monitor outbound connections by default, and not at all in Windows XP. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional both incorporate for the first time a base-level firewall facility in the form of Microsoft’s new Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). While Windows ...

Administrators can use the command-line utility Netsh to modify the network configuration of an online workstation. Under normal circumstances, Netsh can be used either locally or remotely, but ...

QUESTION: I just encountered a problem with the Windows XP update site. You get the message that you need a program from Microsoft to scan your machine. So I ...