Guest Simon Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 I run XP SP2 and IE7. Having looked at all the forums I understand that the Exceptions tab in Windows Firewall should have 4 pre-set entries and that only the Remote Assistance one should be ticked/checked. However, my PC has a fifth entry which is ticked by default -" Network Diagnostics for Windows XP ". Can anyone advise please where that one came from and whether it should be unchecked or even deleted as an entry altogether. Many Thanks
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall Exceptions "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I run XP SP2 and IE7. Having looked at all the forums I understand that the > Exceptions tab in Windows Firewall should have 4 pre-set entries and that > only the Remote Assistance one should be ticked/checked. That depends on your configuration. > However, my PC has a fifth entry which is ticked by default -" Network > Diagnostics for Windows XP ". > Can anyone advise please where that one came from An optional update, available after installing IE7. "Network Diagnostics for Windows XP is available to help identify and fix network connection problems" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914440/en-us > and whether it should be unchecked or even deleted as an entry altogether. Leave it as is. -- d-d
Guest Simon Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall Exceptions Grateful for this re-assurance. Thanks. "Detlev Dreyer" wrote: > "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I run XP SP2 and IE7. Having looked at all the forums I understand that the > > Exceptions tab in Windows Firewall should have 4 pre-set entries and that > > only the Remote Assistance one should be ticked/checked. > > That depends on your configuration. > > > However, my PC has a fifth entry which is ticked by default -" Network > > Diagnostics for Windows XP ". > > Can anyone advise please where that one came from > > An optional update, available after installing IE7. > "Network Diagnostics for Windows XP is available to help identify and fix > network connection problems" > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914440/en-us > > > and whether it should be unchecked or even deleted as an entry altogether. > > Leave it as is. > > -- > d-d >
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall Exceptions "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Grateful for this re-assurance. Thanks. You're certainly welcome. -- d-d
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