Re: Help with using GPO to configure XP Firewall

From: Mark Renoden [MSFT] (markreno_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 08:35:04 +1100

Hi Michael

The update that your refer to may simply be the XP SP2 .adm package
available from:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92759d4b-7112-4b6c-ad4a-bbf3802a5c9b&displaylang=en

Also be aware of:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842933

Kind regards 

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"Michael B" <MichaelB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:0EA093FF-53F7-4D6C-8815-8E10E032B350@microsoft.com...
>I have just installed SUS and am looking to deploy XP SP2. Our network is
> mixed with XP and 2000 clients with the servers being 2000. I want to be 
> able
> to use GPO to control the firewall. From my understanding, once I do this
> from a XP SP2 client then I have to use XP everytime I need to configure 
> my
> GPO but this isn't really an option in my case because the other admins 
> use
> Windows 2000 and they need to have access to the GPO as well.
> The MS whitepaper on using GPO to configure the firewall says:
> "Once you update your Group Policy objects, you can only modify them from 
> a
> computer running Windows XP with SP2. An update is available through
> Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) to allow you to modify Group 
> Policy
> settings from computers running Windows 2000"
>
> Where can I find this update? I have looked for a couple hours now and I
> can't find it. Or is there a better way to do this? I really need to use 
> the
> GPO and be able to configure it with a 2000 Server.
> Any help is greatly appreciated, I am hoping to get this into a test
> environment by Monday morning.
> Thanks
>
> PS, I hope this makes sense, it is 5:30 am and I am at the end of a 13 
> hour
> graveyard shift, if I said something stupid I am sorry- I will clarify any
> confusion when I check back later. Thanks

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