JoseIbarra 0 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I of of the understanding that runnning two firewalls at the same time is not a good idea as the two may compete and take up more resources that necessary or cause some other issues. If I install the Online Armor firewall should I disable the built in Windows XP firewall? If yes, would just set the Windows Firewall Service Startup to Disabled or is there something more to do? Windows XP SP3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XIII 4 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I think the installer of Online Armor already takes care of disabling the built in firewall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GT500 873 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I think the installer of Online Armor already takes care of disabling the built in firewall. Yes, it should automatically disable the Windows Firewall, as the Windows Firewall is not compatible with third-party firewalls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoseIbarra 0 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 So I got one "I think" and one "It should"! I am not asking for myself... I am working to help someone else and wanted to be sure that if they are using Online Armor, the XP firewall is also not running so there is not competition or combat between the two... Thanks for the input. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew F. 28 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 So I got one "I think" and one "It should"! I am not asking for myself... I am working to help someone else and wanted to be sure that if they are using Online Armor, the XP firewall is also not running so there is not competition or combat between the two... Thanks for the input. Hello, Online Armor disables the Windows Firewall (by default). Though, if you'd find any issue with having both enabled - please feel free to report it. Thank you in advance, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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