how to set your windows updates and firewall
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A Firewall is to stop threats BEFORE they enter your computer
• Windows Vista / 7 / 8 users activate it inside the Control Panel (Windows Firewall)
• If using older Windows (like xp) – download Microsoft Security Essentials (free) or a free personal firewall from COMODO.com
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Then you need an anti-virus product to kill the intruders that get thru the firewall. These products
have free versions:
● Microsoft Security Essentials (includes a firewall)
● AVG
● Avast
A FULL anti-virus scan weekly overnight.
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Checking firewalls for Windows 7 / Vista, click Start Button in lower left corner, then Control Panel…
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In the Control Panel (Vista / 7), view by Large Icons, find and click Windows Firewall…
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If the firewall setting are not on, click on the left to change them
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Make sure both Home AND Public firewalls are on, click OK (Vista / 7)
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To recap setting firewalls but for Windows xp…
Again, click Start Button in lower left corner, then Control Panel…
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In your Windows xp Control Panel, select the circled Windows Firewall…
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Set your Windows xp firewall to “on”.
Occasionally there may be an app install you would temporally have to turn the firewall off, then back on.
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To set Windows Updates (Vista / 7), click Start Button in lower left corner, then Control Panel…
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Set to view to Large Icons and click Windows Update (Vista / 7)…
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Click Change Settings (Vista / 7)…
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Choose the 2nd of 4 options then click OK – explanation follows (Vista / 7).
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Why the 2nd option?
The 1st option downloads the updates AND reboots – you could be in the middle of a 45-minute online application – not good.
The 4th option opts out of updates – unacceptable as we need these security updates.
I recommend clicking the 2nd or 3rd option, then installing as soon as you are not in the middle of something critical.
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Check the System tray in the lower left – the balloon.
When the blue folder appears, click it to do updates.
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Quickly illustrating the Windows Update for xp…
Again, click Start Button in lower left corner, then Control Panel…
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In the Control Panel, click Automatic Updates…
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Choose the 2nd option, then OK
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When you see a blue folder in the system tray (lower right on your desktop), click it to keep current on Windows security updates.
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Trivia: Microsoft typically does their updates the 2nd Tuesday of the month after 3pm Dallas time.
It’s known as “Patch Tuesday”
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