Under your post screen, go under options, then Discussion, and uncheck the box that says Allow people to post comments on the article .
That should take care of your issue.
Is there a definite answer on this issue ?
Thanx.
“Is there a definite answer on this issue ?“
I’ll have to assume what the underlying point is to your question, that being that SilverBlue’s answer only solves the problem for new posts.
The manual way to shut off comments on new and old posts is described here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/24637#post-138846
And if you’re uncomfortable with working with SQL queries, here’s a couple plugins to check out:
http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2004/09/01/stop-comments-plugin-and-take-down-blog-plugin/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Auto_shutoff_comments
