Originally Posted by BellaBoo
In Vista it's under Security in the Control Panel. Mine shows an option to Allow a Program through Windows Firewall.
Firewall in XP
To disable Windows Firewall, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type Firewall.cpl and then click OK.
On the General tab, click Off
Click OK.
Click On to turn the Firewall back to normal.
Hope this helps.
thanks! Tried it...didn't work either...said something like couldn't be found. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Getting madder and madder but I give up! :lol: