Windows firewall is on and there doesn’t seem to be a way to turn it off.
go to help and type “turn off firewall” and you will get the link to open the security page.
“Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Customize Settings”
the windows firewall link is in the left panel of system and security
by the way, I have 2 western digital portable drives. I put new files on it every once in a blood moon. My hard drive is pretty clean.
Ah yeah, they don’t want you to turn it off so they make it a little tricky. In the Windows Firewall window, look for a line on the left side that says “Turn Windows Firewall on or off”, and click that. Then click to turn off windows firewall under home or work (private) networks.