Programs going thru my firewall

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Vic Mackey
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Programs going thru my firewall

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Hey does anyone know if I should allow NT Kernel and System or General Host Process for Win32 Services thru the firewall. I dont wanna expose my compiuter....
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mnosteele52
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Yes they are ok.

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Vic Mackey
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hey steele thanks for the reply. I was wondering why they need to connect to the internet?
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Vic Mackey wrote:hey steele thanks for the reply. I was wondering why they need to connect to the internet?

These are the systems that allow you to connect to the internet period.. you need these so don't block them. Its mainly the controlling net factor of windows.
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