Password Protecting Your Security Settings

You can set your Personal Firewall to use a password prior to making any security changes, and to require a password before shutting down the Personal Firewall.

Setting a Password

To set a password for the Personal Firewall, open the Tools|Options|General tab. Click the Set Password... button at the bottom right of the dialog box. The Password dialog box appears:

Enter your new password in the New Password field, and repeat it in the Confirm New Password field. Click OK to confirm, or click Cancel to discard your changes. From then on, this tab will show that password protection has been enabled:

Entering Your Password

Once you have set a password, the Personal Firewall prompts you for that password whenever you double-click the System Tray icon to access your security settings. You can also choose to have the Personal Firewall prompt you for a password before exiting the Personal Firewall, by clicking Ask password while exiting in the Password Protection dialog box. The Password... dialog box that prompts you for your password is the same in either case:

Enter your password and click OK to access the Personal Firewall.

Disabling Password Protection

You can choose to disable password protection by making no entry in the New Password field and confirming that in the Confirm New Password field. The tab will show that password protection has been disabled: