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    Im running windows vista home premuim, when i first installed windows live onecare it completely disabled the default windows firewall, it didnt just turn it off, it completely greyed all the opions out, so you couldnt do anything to it. but now its not like that anymore. does anyone know how to get it back to being greyed out?
    Monday, October 27, 2008 4:53 PM

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    In Vista, this would be normal. In the Security Center, you should see that OneCare's firewall is recognized and active. If you click on the Windows Firewall link from the Network and Sharing Center, it will be red and report that it is off.

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    Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:02 PM
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