How to disable Windows Firewall — Windows XP tips

Firewall is a device or program to control the traffic between public and private networks. The traffic is controlled by enabling or disabling some TCP/IP ports through which traffic is coming. Firewall comes under two categories:
1. Hardware Firewall
2. Software Firewall
It is proven that hardware firewall works faster and efficient than software firewall. But due to the gradual improvements software firewalls perform well now.
Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall is an upgraded form of traditional Internet Connection Firewall introduced by Microsoft. Even though Windows Firewall integrated with Windows OS ,some times it creates some conflicts with other security products as well as wireless systems. It is shown that Windows Firewall some times creates issues in wireless accessing and may block the wireless access from the computer. If you are running any third party security software which includes firewall on your computer it is advised to disable the default Windows Firewall on your computer.
Steps to disable Windows Firewall on your computer
The steps to disable Windows Firewall on your computer are:
1. Click on start
2. Go to Control Panel
3. Click on Security Center
Security center can be accessed by click on the icon shown below.

Now the Windows Security Center window will be opened.
4. Click on Windows Firewall

Now the Windows Firewall control panel will be opened.
5. Turn off Windows Firewall
To turn of Windows Firewall click on the button Off.

Now the Windows Firewall is turned off in your computer