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   newbee Inactive Thread Starter

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   Is it possible to block IP addresses and/or Web sites with the Windows Firewall?

    

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2. 2006/01/22

   

   PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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   newbee - Welcome to the Board
   
   I do not use Windows Firewall so cannot answer your question directly at this time, but I would point you to ....
   
   Understanding Windows Firewall
   
   Manually Configuring Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2
   
   and Google ....
   
   http://www.google.com/search?source...GLG:2005-50,GGLG:en&q=Windows+XP+SP2+Firewall

    

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   newbee Inactive Thread Starter

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   As far as I can see, then, you cannot block specific IP addresses or websites with that firewall.....

    

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   PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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   You can block specific websites by adding them to the Hosts file.
   
   See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

    

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