Windows Firewall has now been renamed to Windows Defender Firewall. If Windows Firewall is configured properly, it can help prevent hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your PC through ...

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. It runs in ...

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of the Windows Firewall. Windows ...

The first thing you should do is click on the Restore Settings placed right below the error message and see if the issue is resolved. Sometimes, Windows revert back ...

Want to manage multiple firewalls for different domains at the same time? Microsoft Windows 7 makes that possible. With Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced the concept of network locations, whereby ...

This important security function is better handled by a third-party program. Windows Firewall doesn't monitor outbound connections by default, and not at all in Windows XP. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

I’ve always had a liking for homes built of brick. Besides having a kind of “Lord of the Manor” appeal, they also look solidly built compared to many of today’s wood-frame, plastic-siding homes. Brick ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...