Need help taking down my firewall, Help?

[DarkCloud]

hey yall, well, im trying to install limewire on the school computers, and well, i cant it says i cant because of a firewall thats stoping me, could it be the windows XP firewall stopping me?
if so, then how do i turn off the XP firewall?

the computers have symantec anti-virus 9.0 i believe, does symantec have a built in firewall? or a seperate aplication?
if so, how do i disable it?

shifty, byn, kai, megs, someone help me lol....i wanna DL crap[ on the school computers, someone that knows respond fast...thanks for your help..

[10010 1111 10]

Well if they are, as you say, "school computers" then it is likely that you will be locked out of any system controls that can access and disable security functions. However if you can get in then here is how to disable windows XP firewall:


Start
Settings
Control Panel
Network Connections

Here you should see a list of connection types. You should right-click on the connection you are using (or even right-clicking the LAN Connection should do in your case) and select "Properties" then choose the "Advanced" tab. Click "Settings" in the "Windows Firewall" window and in the "Genneral" tab dissable the firewall by chossing "Off" Dont forget to close out by clicking "OK" so the settings are saved (can't tell ya how many times I close stuff out without saving the settings then I wonder why everything is all screwed up )

Like I said you may not have the ability to do this on an administrated system like a school network but give it a shot.


PS: Its likely tho that there is also a firewall at the hub of the network. In that case youre shit out of luck

[DarkCloud]

Thanks Bynary, thats why i Love these boards, quick and speedy responses

Well, im not at school right now, although i will inform my friend at school, hes the one who needed the help and i didnt know how to help him, so yeah, hopefully i can, with this info.*Emailing him*

[Shifty]

School comps go through routers, and I betcha anything it has a firewall... If the SP2 firewall is'nt the problem its probly the router.


Find out what kind of router they have then get back to me.

[10010 1111 10]

I doubt very much that the router model will matter. He wont have access to it anyway, you need an admistrative password to access those controlls and possibly physical access to the router because you may (or may not) need to reset it.

[DarkCloud]

Man, lol, yall make me sound like i wanted to give the school network a virus,

hehehe..umm, it says i need an administrative password, and i have absolutely no access to their router

if i got caught talking about thi sid prolly get into trouble lol...but ah who cares..