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XP SP2 Firewall Problem
The security center on my computer shows my Firewall is OFF on the general
tab with a comment, "Your network admin is using group policy to control these settings.". The option to turn on the Firewall is grayed out - therefore not available. The Advanced Tab says the Firewall is enabled for my dial up connection and a network connection that is not activated. Note, my computer is a stand alone machine that accesses the internet thru a dial up connection so I don't need network administration. I'm not sure if these issues were mistakes I made when setting up the dial up connection or the result of Spybot.worm that infected my computer, but has been cleaned (I think). I'd appreciate any guidance on how to turn the Firewall ON for my dial up connection. I'd also like to simplify things by getting rid of unnecessary group policies/network administration. Thanks J |
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XP SP2 Firewall Problem
If you are using XP Pro open local Group Policy while logged on as a local
administrator and go to computer configuration/administrative templates/network/network connections/Windows firewall and in both standard and domain profiles set the option for protect all network connections to enabled and enable any other settings there you want to use. Otherwise delete the following registry keys while logged on as a local administrator using regedit for XP Pro or XP Home. --- Steve http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../wfsp2ngp.mspx HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dowsFirewall \DomainProfile \EnableFirewall=1 (DWORD data type) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dowsFirewall \StandardProfile \EnableFirewall=1 (DWORD data type) "TexasJ" wrote in message ... The security center on my computer shows my Firewall is OFF on the general tab with a comment, "Your network admin is using group policy to control these settings.". The option to turn on the Firewall is grayed out - therefore not available. The Advanced Tab says the Firewall is enabled for my dial up connection and a network connection that is not activated. Note, my computer is a stand alone machine that accesses the internet thru a dial up connection so I don't need network administration. I'm not sure if these issues were mistakes I made when setting up the dial up connection or the result of Spybot.worm that infected my computer, but has been cleaned (I think). I'd appreciate any guidance on how to turn the Firewall ON for my dial up connection. I'd also like to simplify things by getting rid of unnecessary group policies/network administration. Thanks J |
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