Sunday, March 16, 2008

Opening Ports or Adding Allowed Programs with SP2's Firewall

Click on Start / Run
  1. Enter in firewall.cpl
  2. Click on the Exceptions tab

Adding a Port for Internet Access:

  1. Click on the Add Port button
  2. Name it whatever you want
  3. Enter in the ports you want to open

Adding a Program for Internet Access

  1. Click on Add Program... button
  2. A list of all installed programs will be displayed
  3. Highlight the one you want to include for Internet access
  4. Click on the OK button

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