Free windows tutorial: Allow PING through the Windows Vista Firewall

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Allow PING through the Windows Vista Firewall

If you want to check if your computer is online from the web, this is a safe way to do it, instead of disabling the firewall. Although opening ports can't be safe for your computer, the ping port (ICMP ECHO REQUEST) is not dangerous for your system.

Tutorial tags: ping, firewall, allow

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