firewall is suspicious
So you know, when you wanna go online on a game or something, and a window of firewall appears with 2 checkboxes(private network and public network)? And usually the private network is automatically checked because it is recommended?
Well, why when I try to go online in a game, and the firewall window appears, the public network checkbox is checked?
And how can I fix this?
Well, why when I try to go online in a game, and the firewall window appears, the public network checkbox is checked?
And how can I fix this?
You get a firewall popup when going online? Like, turning on a network card/plugging in a cable, or do you mean when you open a browser?
Why can't you just uncheck it?
Why can't you just uncheck it?
Like when you wanna connect online in a game.
EDIT: I didn't specify, sorry
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EDIT: I didn't specify, sorry
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First, is this a personal or work computer? If it is a work computer, you will likely need to go through your network admin to alter this behavior.
I could presume this is a Win8 box, but can direct you better knowing your version with windows.
There are a few places you can alter whether Win8 will ask you to choose between Private or Public, the most direct is in the registry Hive, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles".
*N.B. If you have any discomfort at all over changing entries in the Registry, you should definitely *back it up to at least 2 locations, such as a thumb-drive. I say 2 because everyone qualified to *make changes in the Registry, already has a policy for backing it up, prior to making any change.
In the specific key "profile" named for the network you are connecting to (the foreign network that the game plays through), the Category entry determines whether it is set to 0, 1, 2, where 0=Public, 1=Private, or 2=Domain.
Domain implies it will set the value based on the Rules set on the PDC.
Private implies the remote system is a member of your Workgroup or Homegroup, and is to be trusted to access your File-shares, Printer-shares, and any other devices you have provided a Network-share for.
Public implies that you are accessing through a publicly accessible network; such as a cafe, wireless hot spot, public library, etc., where other, untrusted computers also connect to the network and could potentially access your system without your knowledge.
To be honest, for all the time it takes, it is worth allowing this pop-up to occur to make you choose between Private or Public, every time. Simply allowing all sites to default to Private (allows more access) is rarely a good thing, unless you can control the environment they are connecting through, which in this case ... you cannot.
Hth,
Mm.
I could presume this is a Win8 box, but can direct you better knowing your version with windows.
There are a few places you can alter whether Win8 will ask you to choose between Private or Public, the most direct is in the registry Hive, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles".
*N.B. If you have any discomfort at all over changing entries in the Registry, you should definitely *back it up to at least 2 locations, such as a thumb-drive. I say 2 because everyone qualified to *make changes in the Registry, already has a policy for backing it up, prior to making any change.
In the specific key "profile" named for the network you are connecting to (the foreign network that the game plays through), the Category entry determines whether it is set to 0, 1, 2, where 0=Public, 1=Private, or 2=Domain.
Domain implies it will set the value based on the Rules set on the PDC.
Private implies the remote system is a member of your Workgroup or Homegroup, and is to be trusted to access your File-shares, Printer-shares, and any other devices you have provided a Network-share for.
Public implies that you are accessing through a publicly accessible network; such as a cafe, wireless hot spot, public library, etc., where other, untrusted computers also connect to the network and could potentially access your system without your knowledge.
To be honest, for all the time it takes, it is worth allowing this pop-up to occur to make you choose between Private or Public, every time. Simply allowing all sites to default to Private (allows more access) is rarely a good thing, unless you can control the environment they are connecting through, which in this case ... you cannot.
Hth,
Mm.
Huh,thanks milimeter! That actually helped meh!
But this is a personal computer
And I have windows 7. But uhh, the thing that made me think about that is because public networks are usually not recommended, and many people like me press the ok button before checking the right box. So I wanted to prevent any unwanted viruses. But now I get it.
BTW I am connected to my family's computer internet. So my laptop is using wifi everytime i go on the internets. So I get how everything works. Thanks
But this is a personal computer
And I have windows 7. But uhh, the thing that made me think about that is because public networks are usually not recommended, and many people like me press the ok button before checking the right box. So I wanted to prevent any unwanted viruses. But now I get it.
BTW I am connected to my family's computer internet. So my laptop is using wifi everytime i go on the internets. So I get how everything works. Thanks
You can configure Windows to always presume you want to choose Private (or public) network, which would avoid the pop-up.
This can sometimes be an issue if it defaults to public and there are untrusted computers on the same network. It can also create a small headache if it defaults to Private, when public is preferred. At the same time, each access point will create it's own profile key as shown in my previous post, and you can change it there if you need to.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2578723
This can sometimes be an issue if it defaults to public and there are untrusted computers on the same network. It can also create a small headache if it defaults to Private, when public is preferred. At the same time, each access point will create it's own profile key as shown in my previous post, and you can change it there if you need to.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2578723
