Make Exceptions for Programs in Windows Firewall

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   The first thing that we need to do is access the Firewall, which is in the Control Panel

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   To go to the Control Panel, we need to right-click in the lower left-hand corner of the screen and click "Control Panel".

   

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   Once there, we need to click "System and Security"

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   Then, click "Windows Firewall"

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   If the Firewall is on, we need to click "Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall" on the left side of the window

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   From here, we need to click "Change Settings"

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   Now we can change the settings for particular programs. For example, for "Age of Empire II, the exception is made for the "Private" network, but not the "Public" network.

   

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   To make exceptions for both networks, we need to check both of them

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   If we don't want to make exceptions for a program, we need to uncheck both of them

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   For example, we'll uncheck both for "CheckPoint VPN".

   

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   Then, click "OK"

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   We can now close this window

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    This concludes the tutorial on how to make exceptions for programs in Firewall on a Windows 8 computer

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