Does not Webroot have it's own firewall??
If so, it is turning off the Vista firewall because it is not good practice
to be running two concurrent firewalls. It will likely slow down your
on-line experience.
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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience & Security
"Octavio" <inquirer@inquirer.com> wrote in message
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>I use Webroot AnitVirus with SpySweeper with with all the settings "on" and
>has worked well so far, I believe, , but then my Windows Firewall is not
>"ON" unless I set it on every time manually after I start Windows. All the
>other settings from Windows Security are already on automatically after
>startup except for the Firewall, that I have to turn on manually (I have to
>click the radio button on manually). I have noticed that Everything works
>well after I turn the Windows Firewall On manually, so I don't see why it
>should not be ON all the time for extra protection (do you all agree?).
>
> The thing is, I don't know how to set my Vista Ultimate so my Firewall is
> ON all the time by default.
>
> After I start the computer, the red Windows security icon appears on the
> lower right hand corner tray, and I have to open it and turn the Firewall
> On. I wonder if there is a way so my Firewall will be ON already all the
> time by default without me having to set it.
>
> Is there a way?
>
> Please advise.