Vista - Suspension of Firewall

It has been recommended that I suspend the Firewall during the download of a
very sensitive software.

I found the Firewall, but how do I suspend it?

What risks are there if the suspension lasts say for 1hr?

On Fri, 2 May 2008 08:55:16 +0100, "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote:
Why?
Are you talking about the Vista one? - I see no reason to suspend that
for any download purposes.
Depends on your environment. If your machine is directly connected to
the net (has a public IP) I wouldn't risk it.

Thank you for posting, but you do not give me the answer I asked for. Since
I posted my question on a Vista Newsgroup, I must have been referring to a
Vista Firewall.

If you can give me the answer maybe you could also advise me how to restore
the Firewall to a full operating procedure after the suspension.

For your information the owners of the download advise the suspension of the
Antivirus and Firewall.
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 12:33:39 +0100, "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe it wasn't my intention to give you the answer you wanted.
Thought about that?
Well, not necessarily, smart ass. Many mislead people run all kinds of
firewalls on Vista. Did you give it a thought that my question might
have impact on whether you actually need to suspend that or not?
I'm not going to do that until you give me a solid reason for
suspending your vista firewall in the first place.
That's common - because lot's of so called "security" stuff is too
crappy to deal with even legitimate stuff in a meaningful way - e.g.
by implementing all kinds of foolish pseudo-security functions.

Ask them if they have a concern with the Vista firewall specifically,
because if so you should maybe reconsider dealing with these "owners
of the download".

You do not give the answer because you do not know it! Time waster!
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 15:00:23 +0100, "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote:
You respond like that because you're clueless.

*thread plonk*

Hello Zygy,
1. Terminology correction : It's called Windows Firewall, not vista firewall.
" -- suspend the firewall--" is not exactly the right way to say it. Windows Firewall can be either enabled (turned on), or disabled (turned off).
2. " What risks are there if suspension lasts say for 1 hr?" --- It's like bank manager opens the bank, opens the vault, unlock all doors, sends everyone home, leaves the bank totally unattended. What risks do you think ?
3. Have you tried downloading WITHOUT the owners' " recommendations " ? Please try that first, if it fails and you REALLY want to risk it, let me know. It's Not recommended.

Start orb, help and support, type the word
firewall in the search box, then click on enter,
then click on turn Windows firewall on or off,
then read the help file.

If you get lost, come back for a walk through.

By the way, there is no good reason I can think
of for needing to do this merely to download a file.

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On Fri, 2 May 2008 08:55:16 +0100, "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote:

Who recommended it and why? Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're
doing, that makes no sense to me.

Exactly what do you mean by "very sensitive software"?

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Hi Zygy,

Click Start and click Control Panel.
Click Security Center and then select Windows Firewall on the left side of
the window.
Click Change Settings and from there you can turn it off.

Other posters have told you the dangers of doing this so I won't repeat it.
Just remember to turn it back on as soon as you get your download.

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All the best,
SG

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