Re: greyed out firewall settings??

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This _might_ be due a trojan / virus activity. Follow the steps listed in the article. See section "4. To delete the value from the registry" in the Resolution part:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.elitper.a@xxxxxxx

<quote>
Navigate to the subkeys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile

In the right pane, delete the value:

"EnableFirewall" = "1"

</quote>

--
Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"news.verizon.net" <pjg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:iRTBe.36$Im3.12@xxxxxxxxxxx
I cant start windows firewall. reset didnt work and I have xp home sp2. It seems group policy is preventing default firewall settings. There is no group policy snapin available.
Whats up. Thanks Pg


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