RE: group policy

Hi Marcus,

Thanks for posting here.

From your post, I understand that you find File and Printer sharing/Remote
Desktop managed by Group Policy in the Windows Firewall, but the entries
are not checked, then you want to know how to check the box. If I am off
base, please feel free to let me know.

Actually, To centralize the configuration of large numbers of computers in
an organization network that use the Active Directory? directory service,
Windows Firewall settings for computers running Windows XP with SP2 can be
deployed through Computer Configuration Group Policy.

When you configure Windows Firewall in an organization network using Group
Policy, some of the local Windows Firewall configuration options can be
grayed out and unavailable, even for local administrators.

So if you already configured Windows Firewall for your Windows XP
workstations using Group Policy, you only return the all of Windows
Firewall configuration in Group Policy from Enabled to Not Configured. Then
the Windows XP workstation can control this configuration themselves. For
detail information, please refer the following technology article:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/a/68a81446-cd73-4a61-8665-8a67781
ac4e8/wf_xpsp2.doc#_Toc85246636

Note: please refer the following part in the above article:
Deploying Windows Firewall Settings with Group Policy
Step 2: Specifying Windows Firewall Settings for Your Group Policy Objects

I hope the above information helps.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Steven Zhu
MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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