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Windows 10 - Firewall - Outbound rule to allow access for one service hosted by svchost.exe

Initial question Today, I'm stuck with a Windows Firewall problem and I hope you can help me. I'm trying to create rules dedicated to services but I can't make them match. I found some related topics ...
shadowpool's user avatar
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Cannot enable or restart Windows Firewall

I am trying to fix some problems related to Windows Calculator, Clock, etc., but I encounter an error while trying to run the PowerShell command: Get-AppxPackage -allusers *windowscalculator* | ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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How is the Firewall taking priority over other applications when the PC first boots?

How is the Firewall taking priority over other applications when the PC first boots? How is the priority given,is it through a kernel driver? I'm using Comodo Firewall and I see that the Spotify app ...
microwth's user avatar
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Group Policy settings for the Windows Firewall are sometimes ignored on startup

We deploy our Windows Firewall settings (among other security settings) as local policies to our machines. They are not part of a domain. There is a weekly restart configured for each machine, ...
Mario Pistrich's user avatar
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8 answers
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Is there a way to determine which service (in svchost.exe) does an outgoing connection?

I'm redoing my firewall configuration with more restrictive policies and I would like to determine the provenance (and/or destination) of some outgoing connections. I have an issue because they come ...
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