{"id":1590,"date":"2014-09-27T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.filepuma.com\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2014-09-27T21:20:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:50:25","slug":"how-to-stop-windows-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/how-to-stop-windows-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Windows Firewall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows protects you by its \u201cWindows Firewall\u201d function. However, sometimes this feature stops active apps or software which you need to use, if they use ports or access files which Windows does not allow. So you may need to turn off the default Windows Firewall protection.<br \/>\nHere is how to turn off the default Windows Firewall:<\/p>\n<p>Step One. Open Control Panel and select \u201cSystem and Security\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSgcT784542776f3c5838865754036.png\" alt=\"01\" width=\"444\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step Two. In the new screen, select \u201cWindows Firewall\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/snTWd3054277724d054b735167346.png\" alt=\"02\" width=\"541\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step Three. In the next screen, on the left-side pane, select \u201cTurn Windows firewall on or off\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VyAUi386542777331d490554612713.png\" alt=\"03\" width=\"428\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step Four. For both Private and Public networks settings, select the radio button which says \u201cTurn off Windows Firewall (not recommended)\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HJRmd79954277769970e7285893559.png\" alt=\"04\" width=\"455\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click \u201cOK\u201d and the default firewall will be disabled. However, after you finish installing your app or new software, it is recommended to turn on the firewall again, for your own protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows protects you by its \u201cWindows Firewall\u201d function. However, sometimes this feature stops active apps or software which you need to use, if they use ports or access files which Windows does not allow. So you may need to turn off the default Windows Firewall protection. Here is how to turn off the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}