Re: xp firewall grayed out

I don't recall it saying "For your security,
some settings are controlled by Group Policy" at the top

However--that did fix it! :-) I tested it with shields up and it's working.
Thanks a bunch.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> When you open (or 'run') firewall.cpl, does it read as "For your security,
> some settings are controlled by Group Policy" at the top of the applet? If
> that's the case, try this:
>
> For Windows XP Home Edition:
> ---------------------------------
>
> Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfil­e
> (and)
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProf­ile
>
> In the right-pane, delete the "EnableFirewall" value.
>
> Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows.
>
> For Windows XP Professional:
> -------------------------------
>
> From Start/Run, type Gpedit.msc and navigate to:
>
> Computer Configuration
> => Administrative Templates
> => System
> => Network
> => Network Connections
> => Windows Firewall
> => Standard Profile
>
> Set the following options to "Not Configured" (defaults)
>
> Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections
> Windows Firewall: Do not allow exceptions
> Windows Firewall: Define program exceptions
> Windows Firewall: Allow local program exceptions
> Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception
> Windows Firewall: Allow file and printer sharing exception
> Windows Firewall: Allow ICMP exceptions
> Windows Firewall: Allow Remote Desktop exception
> Windows Firewall: Allow UPnP framework exception
> Windows Firewall: Prohibit notifications
> Windows Firewall: Allow logging
> Windows Firewall: Prohibit unicast response to multicast or broadcast
> requests
> Windows Firewall: Define port exceptions
> Windows Firewall: Allow local port exceptions
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Billy1037" <Billy1037@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ACA86013-A48B-4BD5-BA93-8212BC0A98CF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Either a virus(since removed) or program has grayed out the setting to
> > turn
> > XP firewall on and off. I was able to turn the firewall on by editing 2
> > keys
> > in the registry:
> >
> > HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\windowsfirewall\standardprofile
> > "EnableFirewall'
> > and the same for ..\DomainProfile "EnableFirewall" = dword:1
> >
> > how can I now reenable the switches to turn it on and off from the windows
> > firewall gui? To my knowledge there is no other firewall on this system.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
.

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