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I have windows firewall running and I have seen some posts about opening ports, etc.
If I am using windows firewall, how do I open a port (if that is what I need to do) so that audio & video can get out and in while using msn messenger but that won’t leave my computer suceptible to being hacked etc. I have linksys wireless router with wep encription and the windows firewall as a way to prevent hacking. Won’t opening a port leave my system vulnerable? How do I open the ports if it won’t?
Thanks,
BradI fixed my problem after doing some research.
1. if you have windows XP do the following:
2. click start, control panel, network connections, right click on the connection (i.e. wired, wireless connection, etc)
3. UNCHECK QoS Packet Scheduler
4. Then reboot and it fixed the problem.
5. Worked on my computer and my parents who have XP, also.
6. good luck!CantTouchThis wrote:Eh, you don’t really need a firewall. People can’t hack you if you’re behind a router.Correct, although this greatly depends on the router configuration and firmware. What a router does not do, however, is protect you against trojans, nor does it help to protect against hack attempts that are made from computers in the same network as you.
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