securing laptop for public WiFi spots

At home I have created a wireless network and configured XP SP2 to do simple file and printer sharing. Firewall is configured to trust the local network behind the router.

When I'm on the road, what should I do to secure my laptop when connecting to public WiFi spots? It would be a PITA to turn off sharing on every folder I created for the home network.

What do you guys do to manage these two "profiles"? How do you do it?

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Posted 5 years ago by speeder in Wireless Networking

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