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!! Firewall incorrectly determining DOMAIN/Standard - since last WU?
Since XPsp2 we have been configuring the Windows Firewall via Group
Policy. On Standard: Protect All network Connections Do not allow exceptions On Domain: Protect All network Connections (disabled) So - when laptop on LAN - firewall disabled, on any other network - firewall enabled. This worked perfectly in tests and for as long as we can remember. However - it now does not work - and the firewall turns off (thinks it is in Domain) when connected to any LAN hub (even if it is the only device on there). Group Policy hasn't changed. Only change we can think of is the December Windows Updates which included a Firewall patch. Can anyone else confirm this to be a global problem, and advise of any solution? PS - can confirm Group Policy Modelling shows correct settings on laptops. This affects multiple laptops. (All did work, all now have this XP "update") PPS - is it me or is this worrying - as we were just about to roll out VPN access as the laptops would firewall themselves "at home". If we were 2 months ahead we'd have users now putting their work laptops on their home Internet with the firewall disabling itself! |
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!! Firewall incorrectly determining DOMAIN/Standard - since lastWU?
RJ wrote:
Since XPsp2 we have been configuring the Windows Firewall via Group Policy. On Standard: Protect All network Connections Do not allow exceptions On Domain: Protect All network Connections (disabled) So - when laptop on LAN - firewall disabled, on any other network - firewall enabled. This worked perfectly in tests and for as long as we can remember. However - it now does not work - and the firewall turns off (thinks it is in Domain) when connected to any LAN hub (even if it is the only device on there). Group Policy hasn't changed. Only change we can think of is the December Windows Updates which included a Firewall patch. Can anyone else confirm this to be a global problem, and advise of any solution? Hi If you uninstall this Firewall patch, does it start to work OK again? -- torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx |
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