How to disable the firewall?

A firewall is a firewall that protects your computer from threats coming from the network. The name of the program is translated from the German - the fire wall, which is exactly what it is. This service provides control over Internet connections, both incoming and outgoing.

The firewall, indeed, is like a blind wall, which protects against dangerous intrusions from the network and at the same time prevents the leakage of information from the computer to the network.

As you know, the firewall is initially built into Windows. Its presence in the system does not in any way negate the installation of a reliable antivirus on the computer.

There are powerful firewalls in the form of separate applications, which are called firewalls. When installing a third-party program on your computer, you need to turn off the system firewall to avoid conflicts between them.

Windows Firewall can be disabled if an antivirus with a built-in firewall is installed on the computer. Disabling the service is recommended only in case of full confidence in the alternative protection.

Sometimes, disabling the system firewall is necessary for a slow Internet connection or a "weak" computer.

How do I disable the firewall on my computer? In Windows XP, the firewall is not initially connected, unlike Windows 7. How do I disable the Windows 7 firewall that is connected by default?

Through the "Start" you need to go to the "Control Panel" and select the "Windows Firewall" section. In the appeared window to the left is the menu, in which you should open the section "Enable and disable the firewall". In the next window you can see the types of networks used. This is a home or local network and a public network or the Internet. How to disable the firewall? To do this, check the boxes next to the "Disable the firewall" item in both sections and click "OK" for the changes to take effect. It should be said that in the home network, the firewall is not included at all, so that there are no problems with access.

But this action is not over. Although the firewall does not work anymore, in order to disable it completely, you need to turn off the Firewall service on your computer.

How to disable the firewall completely? To do this, click the "Start" button, enter the word "services.msc" in the search box and click the "Enter" button to open the "Services" window. Scroll the list on the right, find the item "Windows Firewall", which is marked as working, and click on this line. A menu will appear on the right, in which you will select the action. In this case, "Disconnect the service".

After clicking on this line, the "Windows Firewall" service is disabled. It remains to reboot the system to allow the changes to take effect.

If you need to re-enable the firewall, all of the above steps must be performed in the reverse order.

Typically, experts do not recommend disabling the firewall, especially if the computer does not have a reliable alternative protection. If the firewall causes difficulties, for example, does not allow you to connect to the Internet because of improper configuration, you should change the firewall settings, instead of completely abandoning the service.