Turn Off Windows Firewall
You must have administrative access to turn on or off firewall. It is not recommended that you turn off the firewall unless you are running another firewall.
1. Click Start > Control Panel
2. Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off
3. Click all 3 Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) and click OK.
NOTE: If Windows firewall is the only firewall you are running, you will probably get a message saying that your firewall is turn off.
NOTE: If Windows firewall is the only firewall you are running, you will probably get a message saying that your firewall is turn off.