Windows XP firewall...

Very interesting.... Can you believe that the "Windows Firewall" icon under the Control Panel does not really reflect the state of your computer firewall? Well, this happened to two machines I tried. In order to have a "true" state of your firewall, one should open up the "Networking" icon from Control Panel; right mouse-click on the network connection you are in, select properties. Click on the Advanced tab. Click the Firewall button. There, a pop-up window will show the "true" status of your firewall. Vista, seems to only have firewall setting from the "Windows Firewall" icon only.