The operating system is Windows XP SP2 w/ Firewall turned on. The problem is the exception box no longer pops up and adding exceptions to the list doesn't allow access to program. No other firewall ...

Windows XP comes with a built-in firewall called Windows Firewall. For people who do not want to spend the money on a commercial software firewall, this firewall will be more than enough to protect ...

Want to manage multiple firewalls for different domains at the same time? Microsoft Windows 7 makes that possible. With Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced the concept of network locations, whereby ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...