Enabling or disabling Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall

on Friday, October 20, 2006

Enabling or disabling Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall


Please follow the instructions below when you disable Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall. If Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall is disabled through Windows Task Manager or the Services UI, you must restart the computer to correctly enable them.


 I use Norton Internet Security

STEP 1
Log on using the Supervisor account
1
Open Norton Internet Security.
2
In the Norton Internet Security window, in the left pane, click User Accounts.
3
The account that you are logged on as is displayed after "you are logged on as:"
  • If you are logged on as Supervisor, go to "To enable or disable Norton Internet Security."
  • If you are not logged on as Supervisor, go to line 4 of this STEP.
4
Click Log Off.
5
In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.
6
Click Log On.
7
In the Log on dialog box, in the Account Name list, click Supervisor.
8
In the Password field, type your password.
If you have never assigned a password to the Supervisor account, leave this field blank.
9
Click OK.
10
You should see the following text: "You are logged on as: Supervisor."

STEP 2
To enable or disable Norton Internet Security
1
Open Norton Internet Security.
2
In the left pane, click Status & Settings.
3
Click Security.
4
Do one of the following:
  • To disable Norton Internet Security, click Turn Off.
  • To enable Norton Internet Security, click Turn On.


 I use Norton Personal Firewall



To enable or disable Norton Personal Firewall
1
Open Norton Personal Firewall.
2
On the left pane, click Status & Settings.
3
Click Security.
4
Do one of the following:
  • To disable Norton Personal Firewall, click Turn Off.
  • To enable Norton Personal Firewall, click Turn On.


  1. Start the Norton Internet Security program by clicking Start and then [All] Programs. From there, find the Norton Internet Security program group and subsequently the Norton Internet Security program.

    Hint: You can also start this program by right-clicking its icon in your system tray (it's a yellow circle with a black grid in it) and choosing Open Norton Internet Security.
  2. Once the program is loaded (it sometimes takes a moment or two) click Personal Firewall. Then, click Configure.
  3. Click the Programs tab.
  4. Under Manual Program Control, you'll see a list of programs that NIS is monitoring. You'll need to find a la mode programs in this list and set their Internet access to "Permit All".



Choose the option to Disable Norton Internet Security.

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