I've was installing some programs that required I open some ports in my firewall, but when I got there I saw that the firewall was turned off and it said, "For your security, some settings are ...

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This must be a common thing that I can't seem to find. <BR><BR>I want to disable the Windows Firewall but the "Off" is greyed out, and a fancy blue notice above says that "For my security, it is ...