1. Move the mouse pointer to the lower, left-hand corner of the window until you see the Windows Start button appear. When you see it, right-click on it and select Control Panel.
2. From the Control Panel, select System and Security.
3. Click on Windows Firewall.
4. Click on Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall.
5. Click on the Change settings button. Once you do so, the "Allow another app" button will no longer be grayed out and you can click on it.
6. Find the application for which you wish to allow access through the firewall and click on it to highlight and select it.
7. Click on the Add button. You should then see the program added to the list of apps allowed to communicate through Windows Firewall. By default access is allowed on "private" networks, such as your home or work network. If you also want to allow access on "public" networks, such as you would find at a coffe shop or airport, you can also click the check box for "public".
8. Click on the OK button. You can then close the Windows Firewall window. You should be able to connect to whatever port or ports the application opens now from another system on the same local area network (LAN).

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If you want to obtain the information through a command-line interface (CLI) method, instead, you can do so either at a command prompt or PowerShell prompt.

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1. Right-click on the Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen.
2. If you are logged in under a standard user account and only want to view device settings, you can choose Command Prompt. If you may need to change settings and aren't logged in under an account in the administrators group, choose Command Prompt (Admin). If you choose the latter, you will be prompted for administrator credentials; provide a user name and password for an administrator account. When you choose Command Prompt (Admin), the title of the window that opens is "Administrator Command Prompt" versus "Command Prompt" if you open the command prompt window using a standard account.
3. When the Command Prompt window opens type devmgmt.msc at the command line and hit Enter. If you are logged on with an account that does not have administrator privileges and haven't opened an Administrator Command Prompt window, you will see the message below:

   You are logged on as a standard user. You can view device settings in Device Manager, but you must be logged on as an administrator to make changes.

   You can then click on the OK button to view information for devices listed in the Device Manager. If you've run devmgmt.msc from an Administrator Command Prompt window you will have view and modification capabilities.

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C:\>netsh wlan show profiles

Profiles on interface Wi-Fi:

Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
    <None>

User profiles
-------------
    All User Profile     : belkin54g
    All User Profile     : Imp
    All User Profile     : Harbor
    All User Profile     : Guest
    All User Profile     : library
    All User Profile     : T28J7
    All User Profile     : NETGEAR
    All User Profile     : linksys

You can then retrieve the key used for a particular profile by specifying it with name=profile, where profile is one of the stored profiles, followed by key=clear.

C:\>netsh wlan show profiles name=T28J7 key=clear

Profile T28J7 on interface Wi-Fi:
=======================================================================

Applied: All User Profile

Profile information
-------------------
    Version                : 1
    Type                   : Wireless LAN
    Name                   : T28J7
    Control options        :
        Connection mode    : Connect manually
        Network broadcast  : Connect only if this network is broadcasting
        AutoSwitch         : Do not switch to other networks

Connectivity settings
---------------------
    Number of SSIDs        : 1
    SSID name              : "T28J7"
    Network type           : Infrastructure
    Radio type             : [ Any Radio Type ]
    Vendor extension          : Not present

Security settings
-----------------
    Authentication         : Open
    Cipher                 : WEP
    Security key           : Present
    Key Content            : 719DDAB7A9
    Key Index              : 1

Cost settings
-------------
    Cost                   : Unrestricted
    Congested              : No
    Approaching Data Limit : No
    Over Data Limit        : No
    Roaming                : No
    Cost Source            : Default


C:\>netsh wlan show profiles name=Harbor key=clear

Profile Harbor on interface Wi-Fi:
=======================================================================

Applied: All User Profile

Profile information
-------------------
    Version                : 1
    Type                   : Wireless LAN
    Name                   : Harbor
    Control options        :
        Connection mode    : Connect automatically
        Network broadcast  : Connect only if this network is broadcasting
        AutoSwitch         : Do not switch to other networks

Connectivity settings
---------------------
    Number of SSIDs        : 1
    SSID name              : "Harbor"
    Network type           : Infrastructure
    Radio type             : [ Any Radio Type ]
    Vendor extension          : Not present

Security settings
-----------------
    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
    Cipher                 : CCMP
    Security key           : Present
    Key Content            : ccc777cc

Cost settings
-------------
    Cost                   : Unrestricted
    Congested              : No
    Approaching Data Limit : No
    Over Data Limit        : No
    Roaming                : No
    Cost Source            : Default

In the above two examples, the WEP key for the wireless network with an SSID of "T28J7" is "719DDAB7A9" and the WPA2-Personal key for the wireless network named "Harbor" is "ccc777cc"

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1. Move the mouse pointer to a corner of the screen to bring up the menu with the magnifying glass representing the Search function. When you select the search function, you will see field appear where you can type fonts to search on that term. Hit Enter once you have typed fonts to initiate the search.
2. You may see "No apps match your search" and 0 next to Apps on the right of the screen, but beneath Apps you should see Settings with a number to the right of it, which should be 6 or greater. Click on Settings.
3. Click on Fonts or View Installed Fonts.

If you wish to see what a particular font looks like, you can double-click on it or touch the icon for it if you have a touchscreen.

If you have a TrueType .ttf font file you have downloaded, you can right-click on it and choose Install to install it on your system or you can double-click it to open a font preview window and then select install. To install a font, you will need to provide a userid and password for an account with administrator privileges on the system.

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