Turning off the Windows firewall
Select Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Firewall.
The Windows Firewall page opens, as shown in
Figure 7: Windows Firewall page
Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off.
The Customize Settings page opens, as shown in
Figure 8: Customize Settings page
Select Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) for both Home or work (private) network location settings and Public network location settings, and then click OK.
Figure 9: Disabling the Windows firewall
