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XP SP2 Windows Firewall Local Administration
Active Directory environment, 1000 clients.
We manage XP SP2 Windows Firewall settings with domain Group Policy and it works just fine. But, occasionally we really need a local administrator (typically a domain account that was delegeted with complete FULL CONTROL of the entire OU and is also in the local Administrators group in the client computer) to be able to log on locally to the client computer and toggle on and off Windows Firewall for debugging purposes. I find it hard to believe that once GPO is applied we cannot grant the local administrator of our choosing the power to toggle Windows Firewall on and off. Any suggestion is very much appreciated. Thanks Pat |
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Not sure if any of this will help, give it a try if interested...
Star\Run\gpedit.msc\right click on Local Machine Directives\Properties\check on; Disable Machine Configuration parameters. Or Start\Run\Services.msc\ and disable the Firewall service Try any of these alternatives with the network line removed if necessary. ---------------------------------------------- "Pat" escribió en el mensaje ... Active Directory environment, 1000 clients. We manage XP SP2 Windows Firewall settings with domain Group Policy and it works just fine. But, occasionally we really need a local administrator (typically a domain account that was delegeted with complete FULL CONTROL of the entire OU and is also in the local Administrators group in the client computer) to be able to log on locally to the client computer and toggle on and off Windows Firewall for debugging purposes. I find it hard to believe that once GPO is applied we cannot grant the local administrator of our choosing the power to toggle Windows Firewall on and off. Any suggestion is very much appreciated. Thanks Pat |
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Juan,
Thank you. The second solution works. The first did not work because OU policies override local policies. The local administrator can stop/start the Firewall service form the services.msc and that solves my problem. Thanks. Pat "Juan" wrote: Not sure if any of this will help, give it a try if interested... Star\Run\gpedit.msc\right click on Local Machine Directives\Properties\check on; Disable Machine Configuration parameters. Or Start\Run\Services.msc\ and disable the Firewall service Try any of these alternatives with the network line removed if necessary. ---------------------------------------------- "Pat" escribió en el mensaje ... Active Directory environment, 1000 clients. We manage XP SP2 Windows Firewall settings with domain Group Policy and it works just fine. But, occasionally we really need a local administrator (typically a domain account that was delegeted with complete FULL CONTROL of the entire OU and is also in the local Administrators group in the client computer) to be able to log on locally to the client computer and toggle on and off Windows Firewall for debugging purposes. I find it hard to believe that once GPO is applied we cannot grant the local administrator of our choosing the power to toggle Windows Firewall on and off. Any suggestion is very much appreciated. Thanks Pat |
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