Re: Can't disable firewall in XP SP2

From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:22:48 GMT

Your welcome, :)

SJ
"Gordoni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9f5201c4978f$534dc660$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>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?
>>
>>
>>.
>>