Firewall probs

prequel, by the time he’s done with that nothing on his computer will work

try this mang:

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time and you will see a list of the programs currently running (some users will have to hit the "Task Manager" button). Move over to the Processes Tab and click the "Image Name" heading at the top left of this window to view these items in alphabetical order. Close everything showing on that list except for the items listed below. To end a process, highlight it and click the End Process button at the bottom of the window.

End every process except for:

alg.exe
ccmexec.exe
csrss.exe
explorer.exe
lsass.exe
MsPMSPSv.exe
services.exe
smss.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe (there may be more than one of these, you can leave them all running)
System Idle Process
System
taskmgr.exe
winlogon.exe
wmiprvse.exe

You may have other Users logged into the system and displayed on this list, but make sure you log them off and close down their processes as well. This won’t be permanent at all, you’ll have to do this again everytime you restart. If you want, I can give you info on how to make sure these changes stick.

-Rob / IS

I agree with the last guy… never used a firewall.. as long as you kepe upto date with windows update youll be fine.