firewall group policy

[Guest]

Running XPSP2 on desktop and Windows Media on my notebook. Both firewalls
state they are being controlled by group policy. What is this and now do I
get controll of my firewall back. I am the admimnistrator on both systems
and have never put anything in group policy.

 

[Kelly]

See if line 386 helps (right hand side):
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

Do you have another 3rd party firewall installed, such as Windows OneCare,
or other program. These will often disable the built-in firewall, if you
opt to use their 3rd party firewall.

 

[Guest]

Do you have another 3rd party firewall installed, such as Windows OneCare,
or other program. These will often disable the built-in firewall, if you
opt to use their 3rd party firewall.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com

"Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile]
"EnableFirewall"=dword:00000001
"DoNotAllowExceptions"=dword:00000000"

I once had Windows Onecare on my desktop but removed it. Also removed all
spyware/virus etc software and fiirewall was still under group policy. I
feel confident enough I can go to registry and try and reset the firewall but
would like detailed instructions to do it so I don't screw up the comuter.
By the way what is group policy and how did group policy control my computer?