How to open firewall

Firewall is literally translated - as a refractory wall. In the operating system, it serves as an additional protective screen, which in a pair with antivirus is intended to increase the barrier before viruses. By default, it is always configured to activate, but sometimes it becomes necessary to configure it and manually. If you encountered this for the first time, then not to waste time and nerves in search of firewall options, look at how to quickly open it on different versions of the Windows operating system.

Windows XP. Despite the fact that Microsoft tried to disengate from his brainchild, this development of the operating system continues to enjoy a big demand among computers holders. To open a firewall in this system, go to the "Start" menu, and find the "Control Panel" in it and run it with click. Here you have two opportunities to go to the firewall settings. You can run it directly from the "Windows Brandamuer" string. And you can perform an operation through the "Security Center". If connecting it, you will deploy the window to the entire screen, then at the bottom you will find a string leading to the editing of the firewall state.

Ways to go to the desired section in Windows Vista and in Windows 7 coincide. For starters, enter the Start menu, and then to the "Control Panel". In it, find the section "System and Security". Opening the specified section, you will see a list of tasks, among which there are the item you need - "Windows Brandamauer". Activate this item and make the necessary changes to the program.

But that's not all. In the case of Windows Vista and Windows 7, it will be necessary to know that in these operating systems, the firewall work is not enough to adjust only in one section. For changes to take full force, sometimes they have to duplicate them through the service start function. There is this option at the address: Start Panel Control-System and Security-Administration Service. The end result will be the appearance on the list of the list of running applications. Among them you need to find a firewall and click on it twice, after which the window will open, where you can adjust the work of the firewall at its discretion.

In the version of the Windows 8 operating system, it is possible to get to the firewall almost the same as in the previous two OS. The only difference is to get in the "Start" menu, where the "Control Panel" is located, you need to click on the starting "start" icon (usually it is located in the lower left corner of the screen) and call the context menu. In the window that opens, you will find the panel. Next, everything happens in the same way as in paragraph 3 of our article.

Conducting various manipulations with a firewall, remember - this application functions on the protection of your computer equipment and your personal information. Do not attempt to change the settings, if not enough about possible consequences. Do not disconnect the firewall simultaneously with the antivirus, do not ignore it notifications and do not make the dubious sites in its exceptions, which it has previously blocked.