topic Re: firewall in PCs & Accessories

firewall

zina — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:39:32 GMT

every time i turn on my laptop my firewall is down and i have to turn it back on.
ap untill a month ago it was on all the time i only turned it of manualy when i wanted to....
how do i make it be permantly on like before without having to do it manualy?

Re: firewall

rich912 — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:59:53 GMT

Zina,

The firewall not automatically enabling at boot can be symptomatic of a virus/trojan on your system.
Let¿s hope that isn¿t the case, but which firewall are you using and the version?
If you are using Norton then in Options > Auto Protect you will shoud find a check box for "Start auto protect when windows srarts up"

Re: firewall

seb21__ — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:00:39 GMT

you could add the firewall into the autostart.

Re: firewall

Lizzie — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:04:59 GMT

 you could add the firewall into the autostart.

how do you do that? i want the program that allows you to remove hardware safely loaded in my taskbar and to stay there.

Hope you don't mind me borrowing your thread Zina.

Re: firewall

seb21__ — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:14:31 GMT

LOL

now search the .exe file which starts your firewall and click ok

Re: firewall

Lizzie — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:24:24 GMT

LOL

Start > All Programs
doubleclick on "Autostart"
rightclick in the window
new > link
now search the .exe file which starts your firewall and click ok

thanks. but hmm i don't have autostart, do you mean startup?

Re: firewall

seb21__ — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:34:08 GMT

LOL, of course. That's it.

German Windows is a bit different.:smileyblush:

Re: firewall

Lizzie — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:38:24 GMT

no problem :smileygrin:

Re: firewall

rich912 — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:52:23 GMT

Lizzie,
The safely remove hardware icon should be there in the system tray by default. There is nothing in the start options or services tab of msconfig that covers this.
However Windows has a glitch, insomuch as although these processes are running they occasionally fail to appear.
One workaround, if it is not visible in the tray, is to log off and then log on again ¿ not very convenient but it usually works.

Re: firewall

zina — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:26:35 GMT

i had norton but the subscription has finished you think its becuase of that?
but it still works when i TURN THE FIREWALL ON MANUALy.

i thougt firewall was from windows

Re: firewall

rich912 — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:59:36 GMT

Zena,

If your subscription has expired that may very well explain the problem, but you have another problem now as you will no longer be able to update!
I suggest that you download Sygate (free), uninstall Norton and then install this instead.
Don¿t rely on the Windows XP firewall as it is very basic!!

Re: firewall

Lizzie — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:02:08 GMT

One workaround, if it is not visible in the tray, is to log off and then log on again ¿ not very convenient but it usually works.

well darn it but it did work. :smileygrin: thanks.

Re: firewall

rich912 — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:18:45 GMT

No problem Lizzie - just one more strange quirk of XP:smileyrolling_eyes:

Re: firewall

zina — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:24:58 GMT

thanks

...by the way,if i uninstall norton do i need to uninstall symantec software?....its sort of the same isnt it??????????????:smileyconfused:

Re: firewall

rich912 — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:42:55 GMT

If your subscription has expired for all Norton (Symantec) products, then yes uninstall all. You may find, however, that to completely remove them from your system it may be necessary to download SymNRT from Symantec. Have a look here.

Re: firewall

zina — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:13:54 GMT

well norton is still in my tray flashing....reminding me that its expired,also it scans properly(seems like it).

already have avg but one more free antivirus is always welcome:smileygrin:

tryied to do what seb said but when i double click on startup it only opened a window with a vaio launcher shortcut:smileyconfused:

Re: firewall

GBS — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:14:06 GMT

Rich - thanks for the link. It has finally removed the last few critters left over from my previous attempts to remove Norton. I am so impressed and this tool may be so useful I think it needs to be in my signature.:smileylaugh:

Zina - have a look at AVG free. The main advantage it has over Avast is fast automatic updates every day. I do nothing and my machine stays right up to date.

Try: Start>Start up (right click then open) then once startup is open go right click again, then follow Sebs info.

Re: firewall

zina — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:07:01 GMT

thanks ....already have AVG

Re: firewall

rich912 — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:31:33 GMT

GBS - Pleased to hear that the link helped:smileyhappy:
Btw any chance of you embedding that link in some text - it is playing havoc with my display:smileywink:

Zina - Is your problem now sorted?

Re: firewall

kee-lo_ — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:04:53 GMT

Yeah see the "watched threads" thread for my recomendations