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Hiawatha Bray is a technology writer for the Boston Globe.
"Gene K" <genekRE@MOVEolivianc.net> wrote in message
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> Hiawatha [is it really your name],
> Until Eric comes back with an answer to your last question, I suggest you
go
> back to Control Panel/Network Connections and setup a second connection
> [call it Conn #2 Or ME, etc]. If I recall correctly, the last portions of
> that setup will let you chose to use to either use/not use the Windows
ICF.
> If that succeeds, delete the first one after you are satisfied that it
works
> correctly.
>
> --
> Gene K
> "Eric Thompson" <ethompson1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> The advanced tab will disappear if you choose to let Windows manage your
> network........ If you disable that feature and reboot, your advanced tab
> should come back.
>
> --
> Eric Thompson
> ejthompson@email.uophx.edu
> ethompson1@mchsi.com
> "Hiawatha Bray" <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message
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> Nope, I'm not running the Verizon software. I just put the user name and
> password into my router and left it at that. So I can't understand what
> happened to the Advanced tab.
>
> Is there perhaps a way of getting at the firewall through the
Administrative
> Tools icon in the Control Panel?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> > Hiawatha Bray wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, I use Verizon DSL and go through a router. I'm having some
> > > internal network difficulties and am trying to check the status of the
> > > Microsoft firewall. But when I follow the instructions, I can't find
> it.
> > > There's supposed to be an Advanced tab to show the way, but it's
simply
> not
> > > here. Where do I go to find the firewall control? Thanks.
> > >
> > Hello there Hiawatha. The unreleased SP2 will have a firewall control
> > panel, but that doesn't help you now. Let's just be clear where the
> > firewall tab is supposed to be located -- on the connection status
> > window click the Properties button and then the Advanced tab should be
> > behind the General tab.
> >
> > Did you install Verizon software? Does that software use PPP (meaning it
> > asks for a username and password?). If so, this software may not support
> > the native firewall, in which case you should use a third-party firewall
> > like ZoneAlarm if you need it.
> >
> > --
> > Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security
>
>