Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

if you try to access sites or download software, you’re asked whether you

want to allow such access. Be aware, however, that you must turn on

your firewall before you connect to the Internet for it to be effective.

Follow these steps to turn on the firewall in Windows Vista:

1. Choose Start➪Control Panel➪Check This Computer’s
   Security Status.

2.In the Windows Security Center window that appears (see

Figure 15-5), verify that the Windows Firewall has a status

of On. If it isn’t, click the Windows Firewalllink in the

left pane of the window and then click the Change

Settingslink in the resulting dialog box. Note that you

have to have a user account with administrator permis-

sions to change these settings. You can control this

through the Control Panel under the User Accounts and

Family Safety settings.

Figure 15-5

If the Firewall is off, click this link to enable it

The current Firewall status

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