setting windows firewall............

1. WINDOWS FIREWALL
SETTINGS

2. Steps
 Click on Start>Settings>Control Panel

3. From Control Panel Choose Windows
Firewall

4. After Clicking on Windows firewall The
following Dialog Box will appear

5. You can make changes under
Exceptions tab according to your
requirement

6. You can add a Program from Exception Dialog box,
click on ADD Program the following Dialog box will
appear

7. You can add a Port from Exception Dialog box
click, on ADD Port the following Dialog box will
appear

8. You can specify a name and a port
number in the given space

9. •You can edit from Exception Dialog box, click on EDIT button the
following Dialog box will appear.
In this you can specify that do you want allow communicate with this
program from any computer, including those on the Internet or just from
computers on your network

10. You can change the SCOPE under the EDIT a
program Dialog box, for that click on change
scope

11. Scope is used to specify the set of computers for
which this port or program is unblocked, having
following options

12. If you want to get rid off any program or Service,
just highlight that service and click on the Delete
button.

13. Now select the third tab on Windows Firewall
dialog box i.e. Advance tab, the following Dialog
box will appear

14. In Advance Dialog box we have the following
options
 NCS (Network Connection Settings)
In this you can enable Windows firewall for the connections.
 SL (Security Logging)
You can create a log file for troubleshooting purpose.
 ICMP(Internet Control Message Protocol)
With this protocol you can share error and status information of the
computers on a network.
 DS (Default Settings)
This option is used to restore of Windows Firewall settings to a default
state.

16. UDP User Data gram Protocol