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By default, your windows firewall is automatically set to on. If you want to turn off your firewall with the Windows XP operating system you should left click on the start button at the bottom left of your screen. You should then select Control Panel. You will see the windows firewall icon here. Click on this icon and under the General tab, click on Off.
