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What happened to my "Predefined rules" in Windows Firewall? How can I get them back?

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Mar 15, 202636642 views
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Windows Firewall Advanced Settings in Windows 7 , has predefined rule sets. When I click the "Add Rule..." button in my Windows 7 Ultimate install, it looks like this: But, on a machine I have that runs Windows 7 Home Premium, when I click "Add Rule...", the "predefined rules" option is greyed out.…

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I don't know exactly what happened to the predefined rules, but I see three possibilities: another Security suite which includes a firewall - McAfcee - had been installed on the system. When installed, it removed all the pre-defined rules. McAfee's …

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