Bit Torrent and SP2?

[Xuivo]

Hi everyone...

I've installed service pack 2 recently and disable the security center (firewall, antivirus and update)

But when i try to download a torrent file using bit tornado or any other bittorrent client, it say that my computer is behind a firewall... Still, I have the chance of having a second computer with only SP1 installed and if I download the same file, everything is OK.

This cause problem, because downloading a torrent file behind a firewall can drop the speed a lot !!! (going from 230 kb/s to about max 25- 35 kb/s)

Anyone got a fix for that?

[SiMoNsAyS]

diabling the security center does not disable the windows firewall, only the security gui. to be sure go to control panel>firewall and check its settings

[oioldman]

If you use XP Pro, it is possible to disable the SecurityCentre and Windows Firewall

You need to be logged in as an administrative user,

open control panel | administrative tools | services

set Security Centre and Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (unless you use this) to Manual and Stop them both.

To confirm, in the Control Panel, try to open WindowsFirewall and will say it the required servcie is not started - meaning firewall is OFF

That should stop your notifications and disable the firewall itself, though if you have another installed then this will need to be manually set.