Re: Can't disable firewall in XP SP2

From: Gordoni (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:38:50 -0700

I access the FW control thru control panel which is the
same app as the one accessed from the Security Center.
The buttons are there but they are grayed out. The only
setting I can adjust is the "Don't allow exceptions"
checkbox. When I select the "advanced" tab, I am not able
to uncheck any of the connections in the 'network
connection settings' dialog box either.

I followed Steve Bruce's suggestion and tried disabling
the firewall through the group policy editor. I set the
values in both the domain and the standard folders
to 'disabled' and then rebooted. No joy. I then went to
my server (SBS2003) and made the same alterations to it
using the GP editor. I got a series of truncation
warnings when I openned the folder on the server. In any
case, disabling the firewall there also had no effect.
This is pretty screwy if you ask me.

-g
>-----Original Message-----
>There is no disable or enable button to trunoff the WFW?
>
>Go to Control Panel, Fire Wall.
>
>Look at Advanced TAB.
>If you have you own network you may have just truned off
the ISP connection
>which still using file and share NIC.
>Go to Exceptions and click off al the boxes.
>Go to General and click OFF radio button.
>OK
>
>Reboot and if Security Center comes up, tell it you have
your own FW and Own
>AVand it will go away.
>
>SJ
>
>P.S. If you are going through the network connections
for a particular NIC
>the same would happen, and also this is not available
for AOL.
>So use the FW control (which is NOT the Security Center).
>"Gordoni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:00fe01c49768$55fa3370$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> After installing XP SP2, I'm unable to diable the
>> firewall. The GUI simply doesn't allow me to check
>> the "disable" button or uncheck the "enable" button.
My
>> user is an admin equivalent, but I've also tried
logging
>> in as the network admin and as the local machine admin.
>> None of these security contexts is able to disable the
>> firewall.
>>
>> I've also tried using the command line to disable the
>> firewall (netsh firewall set opmode disable). While I
>> get an "OK" reply to the command, the firewall remainns
>> enabled.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
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