Vista Firewall

The Windows Vista Firewall is definitely better than the Windows XP Firewall because it is able to control incoming and outgoing
connections.

How to Create Exceptions in Windows Vista Firewall
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/uncat...ista-firewall/


"richc46" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:24bc768942b60006f17b84c758894fb2@nntp-gateway.com...

>
> John;928255 Wrote:

>> I have Vista Home. When I access the advanced menu for Vista firewall
>> and
>> activate the out going protection for the firewall, my computer will
>> not
>> connect to the internet. Is there a setting that I have failed to
>> check?
>> --
>> John N

>
> I am new to Vista, but I have read that the Firewall protection does
> not actually have outgoing protection. Can it be, that outgoing
> protection actually stops everything from outgoing?
>
>
> --
> richc46

the vista firewall has advanced settings if you want..

go here and scroll down the page until you find the advanced title

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6098592.html




"richc46" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:24bc768942b60006f17b84c758894fb2@nntp-gateway.com...

>
> John;928255 Wrote:

>> I have Vista Home. When I access the advanced menu for Vista firewall
>> and
>> activate the out going protection for the firewall, my computer will
>> not
>> connect to the internet. Is there a setting that I have failed to
>> check?
>> --
>> John N

>
> I am new to Vista, but I have read that the Firewall protection does
> not actually have outgoing protection. Can it be, that outgoing
> protection actually stops everything from outgoing?
>
>
> --
> richc46

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:04:42 -0600, richc46 wrote:

> John;928255 Wrote:

>> I have Vista Home. When I access the advanced menu for Vista firewall
>> and
>> activate the out going protection for the firewall, my computer will
>> not
>> connect to the internet. Is there a setting that I have failed to
>> check?
>> --
>> John N

>
> I am new to Vista, but I have read that the Firewall protection does
> not actually have outgoing protection. Can it be, that outgoing
> protection actually stops everything from outgoing?

Educational reading (READ IN ITS ENTIRETY!):

Managing the Windows Vista Firewall
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../cc510323.aspx

SolutionBase: Take a look at the Windows Vista Firewall
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...tag=rbxccnbtr1

Vista Firewall Control 32-bit version
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads...6&itemId=64950

Windows Firewall: the best new security feature in Vista?
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_joha...01/426921.aspx

Easy guide to make Windows Firewall better in Windows Vista.
http://www.expertvista.com/security/winfirewall2.html

Good luck

the free version of Vista Firewall Control sets the Vista FW to block
all outgoing by default, then asks on a per application basis to allow/
deny (like Zone Alarm etc) this time only/always

free from

http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html