Can't turn off XP SP2 Firewall

[Guest]

Greetings, any ideas on why I can't disable Windows firewall? I have XP with
SP2. I login as administrator, go to control panel --> Windows firewall, and
I can't select the option to turn it off (the "Off" option is greyed
out/disabled). At the top of the box it says "for your protection some
settings are controlled by group policy".

When I login as administrator of the machine (no domain, etc), shouldn't I
be able to turn off the firewall and not be part of any group?

Thank you all in advance

 

[Kelly]

Change the group policy via Start/Run: gpedit.msc

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[Guest]

Thanks for the reply. I'm kind of slow at all this.... where in Group
Policies would I change the setting?

Thanks again

 

[Kelly]

Local Computer Policy/Computer Configuration
Admin Templates/System/Network
Network Connections/Windows Firewall

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