Configuration of the Windows XP firewall
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System firewall is always installed during updating Windows® XP system with Service Pack 2 and SP-3. To open the firewall configuration window you need to open:
Control panel -> Windows® firewall
or, in the case of category view in the Control Panel:
Control panel -> Security Center -> Windows® firewall (window bottom)
Security Center:
Start -> Run
and start the "firewall.cpl" file in the start winow.
In order to add an additional port you meed to select the Exceptions tab at the top and click the button In the new window (Adding a port) fill appropriate fields: •in the Name field insert a name for the exception (e.g. „TachoScan UDP1434”), •in the Port Number field insert the port number which you want to make available (e.g. 1434), •and select the protocol on which the said port is to operate (e.g. UDP). •ports to be made available: ➢the TCP port for the MSSQL sever (how to find the port number? - see: "TCP/IP Port for MS SQL Server") ➢port 1433 and 1434 through UDP, ➢for HASP Manager 475 through UDP and TCP. When we want to insert a different port or a different protocol we repeat the operation of port adding and insert appropriate settings. |
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.•In order to add an additional program to exceptions of the firewall you need to select the Exceptions tab and click the button •The list of the programs installed in the system appears in the new window (Program adding). To add any program of exe type, enter a path to a file in the Path field or choose it with the button •Then choose a desired file from the list of files: in case of the HASP Manager program, choose the file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\nhservice.exe"). |
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