I spoke witha government agency fella and told me that they moved away from teh Windows Firewall in XP becasue it didn't meet Federal standards. Is this still the case for Windows 7? Where would I look to demonstrate to them it's credibility?Jason Yates

I do not know what the Federal Standards he is referring to but, for a starting point, see - Windows Firewall in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Starting with Windows Vista, the native Window firewall now offers - Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and IPsec What's New in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security The latter article shows the 'new' Advanced Security firewall features for Vista and for Windows 7. Basically, the XP firewall only monitored incoming requests and was not designed to be configurable whereas the Vista/Windows 7 firewall with Advanced Security is configurable and also monitors outbound traffic.MowGreen Windows Expert IT Pro - Consumer Security *-343-* FDNY NEVER FORGOTTEN

Hi, Did your issue solved by the suggestion of MowGreen? Please feel free to give me any update. Thanks. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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Hi, I will mark MowGreen's reply as answer. It could help other communities here who have the same issue. Thanks for your understanding. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.