I blogged about the free Comodo AntiVirus / Firewall software some time ago. (Please see
HOW-TO: Getting started survival guide for Comodo Free Firewall + Antivirus for Windows ) I never got around to creating a newer blog post for their version 5 product, so doing so now to capture the knowledge of installing that "best ever version" of their product.
Recently I had found that it is far more reliable to connect CUPS on client workstations directly to CUPS on a Linux server rather than getting Samba involved. (Blog post here) With that in mind, I went searching for how to do the same for Windows workstations. Microsoft calls such capabilities "Internet Printing" within Windows, and it is very easy to have the same success with Windows machines.
In this brief HOW-TO I will explain the steps necessary to get the popular VNC Server working on a Windows computer which has Comodo Free Firewall + Antivirus for Windows also installed on it.
First you will need to open the Comodo Free Firewall + Antivirus for Windows interface, click Firewall at the top, click Advanced on the left hand side of the window, next click Network Security Policy, click the tab for Global Rules, then click the Add button to add a new rule. Below is the window adding the new rule, with the first page of details already filled in:
In this blog post I will briefly overview a survival guide to managing the free edition of Comodo Firewall + Antivirus for Windows version 4.0. When the program is installed and first starts operating, it tends to pop-up a bewildering number of dialog boxes, some of which do not lead towards the correct selections of answers. I hope to clear up some of the basic questions / tips / HOW-TO points.