PRB: Custom firewall component in XPe SP2

We are trying to create a custom component that will configure the
firewall configuration settings without having to fiddle with the
"Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" component
settings in Target Designer.
The following steps were taken(tried):

-- Performed an Inf file import in Component Designer of our own
netfw.inf which includes all the
registry settings we want - open ports, application exceptions,
etc.
-- Added a file resource dependency in our component on our custom
netfw.inf and set the build order to 1001
and file destination of \windows\inf (%17%). Also set the
overwrite flag to TRUE.
-- Created a Build Order Dependency in our component on the "Windows
Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS)" to build this before building our custom component. The
build completes with no errors reported.

Problem:
The netfw.inf file in the image is not the file we want. The
netfw.inf file appears to include only the port and application
exceptions in the settings for the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS). Thus, the registry settings in our
component are either not being made or the "Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS)" component is overwriting those registry
settings.

Any guidance would be a great help.

Thanks,
Tony

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