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Old 09-14-2007   #2 (permalink)
Chuck [MVP]


 
 

Re: My port 139 is wide open!

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:17:25 -0500, "Brandon Taylor"
<donnie126_2002@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>I just ran the Shields UP! test (at www.grc.com) and it told me that my port
>139 was wide open. How in Windows Vista do I close that port?
>
>Brandon Taylor

Brandon,

Is the computer directly connected to the Internet? Get a NAT router. If you
can afford a computer, you can afford a router.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Router>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...gn.html#Router

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