re: Norton Internet Security/Personal Firewall
Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 11:04 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Brahadesh
(3 messages posted)
Hi!
It is not necessary to do all the things that dan has suggested..It is very simple..
All u have to do is to open NIS and then Go to User accounts
then Cliick "Log On" to log in as the supervisor.
if u know the password great, else the password is set up to be null as default..i.e
Don type in any password just click "log on"
After u have done this u can diasable the NIS
Then u can go to Personal firewall config and Unblock Windows Messenger.
Hope This takes care of the problem..
if u are not able to log on as the supervisor u just will have to remove the program
manually as it will not allow u to remove it from the control panel.
For this use the removal tool on symantec webpage
just type in SYMNRT in the search page,download and run the removal tool named SYMNRT
Now reinstall the program
But Before Doing all this check if the messenger service is running or not
Start >Run
Services.msc
Locate "Messenger" and see if it is started. else start it.
Good Luck
do post a reply
On Friday, December 2, 2005 at 12:19 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote:
>The default installation of NIS establishes parental controls based on XP's user
>accounts, and these parental controls plus NIS's own self-preservation security
features
>are probably keeping your nephew from altering the NIS settings. He may be a Computer
>Administrator as far as XP is concerned, but if the person installing NIS did not
>assign his account admin privileges to make adjustments in NIS, he's S.O.L.
>
>Maybe his parents wanted it this way, or maybe the person who installed it recommended
>it to his parents.
>
>Also, the nature of trying to administer a software firewall application remotely
>has a "what came first the chicken or the egg" quality to it. In order to administer
>remotely, ports have to be opened and/or program executables have to be authorized,
>but that can't be done remotely.
>
>Symantec's web site has one of the most comprehensive knowledgebases I've ever seen
>for commercial software, and even the most cursory search will tell you how to get
>MSN Messenge working with NIS. Not to mention reading the help files or the user
>guide that Symantec still prints and puts in the box, a rarity these days.
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