I have a strange issue. Have searched all posts, found nothing that helps. I have been using NIS on my XP pro, service pack 3 for a couple of years or so. I have the NIS Smart Firewall feature turned on.
When I have that off, shouldn't it automatically turn off the windows firewall? At any rate it does not turn it off, both Windows Firewall and NIS Smart Firewall are on.
Now I know that you aren't supposed to have two firewalls on! So, I try to turn off the windows firewall. (Using Start, Settings, Control Panel, Windows Firewall, Off (Not Recommended)) It turns off, but when I reboot, lo and behold it is turned on again. I actually have a need to turn off all firewalls for a specific VPN Client to work correctly. I can turn off the NIS Smart Firewall and it stays off. However, I cannot turn off the Windows Firewall so it stays off.
Any ideas/suggestions?