STEP - 1 -
Installing the CONSEAL Firewall

Once the installation is done don't forget to configure !!!!!

A - Downloading Conseal Pc FireWall 

You can choose :

• either the official website of Signal 9 (Conseal editor's),

• either your local reseller,

• either directly here for Win 9x , directly here for Win NT .

B.1 - Un-Install all previous release before (if you had one)

1. Un-install all previous release (using Windows standard interface to un-install software) !
   
   

2. Remove all remaining files and directories (for instance the log file) in order to update everything ! The following directory should not appears any more :
   
   C:\Program Files\Signal9\Firewall
   
   

3. Check that the windows registry had been correctly updated. To do such, run regedit.exe and check the key :
   

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Signal 9 Solutions\ConSeal PC FIREWALL]

Must not exist any more, or be empty. If not, suppress it manually before rebooting (if you don't know how cleaning the registry, stop NOW and directly reboot).

ReBoot.

 

B.2 - Needed pre-requisites (patch) before installing

This part only applies to Windows 95 (and Windows NT 4 Service Pack older than SP 3 ) :

It is necessary to have Winsock up to date, this means release 2.x. You can go to link to make the appropriates things.

 

B.3 - Installing the FireWall

1. Run cpf_xxxx.exe (the runnable installation of Conseal), answer to the usual questions.
   
   
   
   

2. Choose the Cable/DSL mode as default rules ! In case you forgot, don't worry but your cable, ADSL connections may stop until you have installed the security ruleset provided on this web site (or correct yourself the problem , while desactivating the firewall).

So..... it's done !

C - Run the FireWall when the PC boot or Internet connection 

If you want to be protected every time (moreover when using cable or ADSL), tou could have Conseal starts when windows starts.

C.1 - Releases 2.x

Since the 2.x release of Conseal, it's possible with the menu option : File -> Start automaticaly when windows start. That's enough.

In order not to be annoyed, also validate : Display -> Start in SysTray and Display -> Minimize to SysTray.

C.2 - Releases 1.x

For the older releases, do such explained :

Download conseal_autorun.reg and double-clic onto it to install it. That's all folks, at the next rebooting, Conseal will start automatically.

PS : For suspicious people, this file contains the following assertion (you can handle it manually) :

D - Everything seems Ok

 

Go to step 2 : Configuring a FireWall

If you have problems read the FAQ.