Enabling/Disabling the firewall using command line

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Enabling/Disabling the firewall using command line






Under Windows XP SP2, it is possible to enable/ disable the firewall with the following command lines:

Disable Windows XP firewall


netsh firewall set opmode disable

Enable the Windows XP firewall


netsh firewall set opmode enable

We create a batch file to enable or disable the firewall by simply double-clicking on the pad by inserting one of two lines above, then saving the file giving the extension .bat (ex: Activatefirewall.BAT).
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