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posted by martyb on Saturday September 05 2015, @08:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the on-the-bleeding-edge dept.

Appalbarry writes:

Our home just gained a shiny new HP laptop, which was immediately upgraded to Windows 10.

Much of the last tweny-four hours has been consumed by two tasks: making it print to an HP printer networked to our router, and moving email from Windows Live Mail on an XP box to the same program on the W10 machine.

If I run into a Linux problem (or even Android) I can usually visit a forum or other resource and get an answer in a few minutes. With Windows I'm Googling madly and chasing many more dead ends than useful answers.

And yes, that not surprisingly includes Microsoft's own sites.

So Soylentils, what are your go-to places for good-quality Windows 10 information?

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by number6 on Saturday September 05 2015, @10:58PM

    by number6 (1831) on Saturday September 05 2015, @10:58PM (#232780) Journal

    Quickly Turn ON/OFF Windows Firewall Using Command Line
    http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/....FirewallUsingCommandLine.html [windowsnetworking.com]
    This article explains how you can quickly Turn Windows Firewall On or Off. This tips applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008...

    Commands:

    - To Turn Off:
            NetSh Advfirewall set allprofiles state off
    - To Turn On:
            NetSh Advfirewall set allrprofiles state on
    - To check the status of Windows Firewall:
            Netsh Advfirewall show allprofiles

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday September 06 2015, @12:05AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Sunday September 06 2015, @12:05AM (#232803)

    Works like a champ, thanks!

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @04:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @04:23PM (#233001)

      I disabled Windows firewall, you really don't need it if your home router has it's firewall enabled which it should. It's a different story if you use wifi hotspots though.