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Greetings --
If you're using AOL, you'll either need to find a 3rd party
firewall that is compatible with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is
compatible with the real Internet. This is because AOL is an on-line
content provider that ignores international Internetworking standards
in favor of its own proprietary products, and has deliberately made
its connection software incompatible with both WinXP's built-in
firewall and WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing feature. AOL's
proprietary connection applet is deliberately designed to preclude
your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to include
enabling/disabling WinXP's ICF and ICS.
Bruce Chambers
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"dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:311d01c47e75$ead7a150$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Does anybody know how to turn on a firewall when using
> aol?
> Microsoft said to run firewall.cpl, but i don't seen to
> have that on my computer.
>
> Can anybody help?
> Thank you
> Dave