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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
Two xp sp2 machines, no wins, no firewall, netbios over tcp/ip enabled
If the windows firewall service is set to disabled or manual and is not started then computer browser will start then terminate (eventid: 7023, The Computer Browser service terminated with the following error: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.) and browsing a workgroup will fail. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:01:18 -0400, Alex wrote:
Two xp sp2 machines, no wins, no firewall, netbios over tcp/ip enabled If the windows firewall service is set to disabled or manual and is not started then computer browser will start then terminate (eventid: 7023, The Computer Browser service terminated with the following error: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.) and browsing a workgroup will fail. Alex, I tried to find out whether this service is needed, but am still searching. In any case you can and possibly should set the service to automatic and disable the firewall through its user interface, Control panel, Windows firewall. Generally the service settings should not be changed, unless you know very well what you are doing. There are some recommendations on the web to disable all and sundry services. These are not recommendable. Windows requires its services. It is not tested in constellations where the user disables selected services. In other words, as soon as you change such system settings without a very good reason, you're on your own. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
I am seeing the exact same behavior and it is killing me! We do NOT want
the firewall service to be turned on, but the computer browser terminates very quickly after disabling the firewall service. As soon as we restart the firewall service, the computer browser service restarts and runs fine. Constructive resonses most welcome! Thanks! Alex wrote in message ... Two xp sp2 machines, no wins, no firewall, netbios over tcp/ip enabled If the windows firewall service is set to disabled or manual and is not started then computer browser will start then terminate (eventid: 7023, The Computer Browser service terminated with the following error: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.) and browsing a workgroup will fail. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:28:54 -0400, "BGood"
wrote: I am seeing the exact same behavior and it is killing me! We do NOT want the firewall service to be turned on, but the computer browser terminates very quickly after disabling the firewall service. As soon as we restart the firewall service, the computer browser service restarts and runs fine. What happened when you tried the advice in Message-ID: ? Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
Yes, we did enable the Windows Firewall service and disable the firewall
through group policy. That seems to have worked. Now, if Microsoft would explain to me WHY I am forced to enable and run a service that I desire to disable in order for a second servie to run, I would appreciate it. Consider that according to the Dependencies tab of the Firewall Service, NOTHING depends upon it! Frankly, it is a travesty that they are now tying these services together. However, the least they can do is correctly reflect this new relationship in the Dependencies tab. Thanks for your time. "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:28:54 -0400, "BGood" wrote: I am seeing the exact same behavior and it is killing me! We do NOT want the firewall service to be turned on, but the computer browser terminates very quickly after disabling the firewall service. As soon as we restart the firewall service, the computer browser service restarts and runs fine. What happened when you tried the advice in Message-ID: ? Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:53:33 -0400, "BGood" wrote:
Yes, we did enable the Windows Firewall service and disable the firewall through group policy. That seems to have worked. Now, if Microsoft would explain to me WHY I am forced to enable and run a service that I desire to disable in order for a second servie to run, I would appreciate it. Consider that according to the Dependencies tab of the Firewall Service, NOTHING depends upon it! Frankly, it is a travesty that they are now tying these services together. However, the least they can do is correctly reflect this new relationship in the Dependencies tab. Thanks for your time. Knowing how insecure Windows is, I would suspect that the WF service is required (with WF enabled or not), to prevent malware from enabling unrestricted access to your computer, by simply stopping the service. Kind of like a fuse, that burns out, and disconnects what it's protecting from the electric service. It is unfortunate that the Dependencies tab does not reflect the true consequence of stopping the service. Probably another reason why this OS is named eXPerience. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:53:33 -0400, "BGood"
wrote: Yes, we did enable the Windows Firewall service and disable the firewall through group policy. That seems to have worked. Now, if Microsoft would explain to me WHY I am forced to enable and run a service that I desire to disable in order for a second servie to run, I would appreciate it. Consider that according to the Dependencies tab of the Firewall Service, NOTHING depends upon it! Frankly, it is a travesty that they are now tying these services together. However, the least they can do is correctly reflect this new relationship in the Dependencies tab. Thanks for your time. The services are not a normal user choice. Their settings are not meant to be touched by the user. They can be changed, very carefully, by experienced network administrators who know exactly what they are doing. The problem here is that people issue strange recommendations and post them to the web. Other people read these recommendations and act on them without knowing whether they are good or bad. Here they were bad. Microsoft can hardly be blamed, because nowhere did they say that the user could disable any service and still have Windows run properly. And, actually, most users don't do that, so the problem is small. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
Security-conscious businesses WILL look to disable ALL UNNECESSARY services
on deployed Windows Systems. I would refer you to Microsoft's "Security Settings for Windows XP Clients", Chapter 2 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../xpsgch03.mspx) where they state: Important: Keep in mind that any service or application is a potential point of attack. Therefore, any unneeded services or executable files should be disabled or removed in your environment. Later, in talking about the firewall, they state: There are some limitations with ICF that organizations must consider before enabling it throughout their enterprise. So, then, it should not be unreasonable to attempt to disable the firewall by disabling the service. Furthermore, if there IS a depencency between the firewall service and the computer browser service, it should be shown in the user interface on the "Dependencies" tab. "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote in message ... On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:53:33 -0400, "BGood" wrote: Yes, we did enable the Windows Firewall service and disable the firewall through group policy. That seems to have worked. Now, if Microsoft would explain to me WHY I am forced to enable and run a service that I desire to disable in order for a second servie to run, I would appreciate it. Consider that according to the Dependencies tab of the Firewall Service, NOTHING depends upon it! Frankly, it is a travesty that they are now tying these services together. However, the least they can do is correctly reflect this new relationship in the Dependencies tab. Thanks for your time. The services are not a normal user choice. Their settings are not meant to be touched by the user. They can be changed, very carefully, by experienced network administrators who know exactly what they are doing. The problem here is that people issue strange recommendations and post them to the web. Other people read these recommendations and act on them without knowing whether they are good or bad. Here they were bad. Microsoft can hardly be blamed, because nowhere did they say that the user could disable any service and still have Windows run properly. And, actually, most users don't do that, so the problem is small. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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browsing workgroup fails when windows firewall service is stopped
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:07:18 -0400, "BGood"
wrote: Security-conscious businesses WILL look to disable ALL UNNECESSARY services on deployed Windows Systems. I would refer you to Microsoft's "Security Settings for Windows XP Clients", Chapter 2 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../xpsgch03.mspx) where they state: Important: Keep in mind that any service or application is a potential point of attack. Therefore, any unneeded services or executable files should be disabled or removed in your environment. Later, in talking about the firewall, they state: There are some limitations with ICF that organizations must consider before enabling it throughout their enterprise. Cite from that document: "covers in detail the primary security settings configured via Group Policy in a Microsoft® Windows Server 2003™ domain." So, then, it should not be unreasonable to attempt to disable the firewall by disabling the service. If you're a trained administrator in a corporate environment, then you would presumably know whether that's reasonable or not. Furthermore, if there IS a depencency between the firewall service and the computer browser service, it should be shown in the user interface on the "Dependencies" tab. Yes, I agree that that would be nice. But there are quite a few dependencies that aren't listed there. Another example is a service that is by default set to manual and is nonetheless started automatically by other processes on demand. Again, you wouldn't know, unless you had background information. In this situation my advice can only be, if you have very good background information, then you can do such things. If you don't the best advice is to stick to the default settings. If you have changed the start type of your services and don't know what they should be, use the following web page. Windows XP Home and Professional Service Pack 2 Service Configurations http://www.BlackViper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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