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The important thing is to know which is the Firewall first (in Spanish firewall). This system is designed to block any unauthorized access to the system or the network, in other words, allowing incoming connections that are not considered harmful and are indispensable. Firewalls are installed through software or hardware, in the case of the Windows 10 firewall it is obviously a security function included in the operating system that we must pay attention to. They are of vital relevance, since they prevent unauthorized users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet, such as a company intranet, or our own home network. We will tell you how to activate and deactivate the Windows 10 Firewall, since on certain occasions it will be necessary to dispense with this security measure.

It is quite common to disable these "firewalls" in cases of installation of unauthorized software or that comes from uncertain sources.

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  1. In Start, we'll go to Windows system to go immediately to our classic Control panel and selection option Security system. Inside we find the functions menu of the Windows firewall.
  2. We'll find the switches Enable and disable Windows Firewall. It is possible that they will ask you for an administrator password, the most normal thing, since we are going to change the network and security preferences quite important.
  3. In the network configuration that suits us best, we will select «Enable Windows Firewall»If what we want is to activate it.

It is essential that we know the risks that this includes, We should not disable Windows Firewall unless we have another firewall installed by software or hardware. If we choose to do so, our computer will be vulnerable to external attacks, so it is essential that if we deactivate it we have a good antivirus installed, however, I do not recommend deactivating it in any case.

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