group policy

[barb]

I have xp Home service pack 2 running on my home computer. My firewall is
turned off by "group Policy". I cannot find how to fix this. And I don't
know why it is this way. I am not networked in a domain. Any ideas?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and type: Regedit , and hit enter.

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfil­­e

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProf­­ile

In the right-pane, delete the "EnableFirewall" value.

Close Regedit and restart.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I have xp Home service pack 2 running on my home computer. My firewall is
| turned off by "group Policy". I cannot find how to fix this. And I don't
| know why it is this way. I am not networked in a domain. Any ideas?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Barb,

Reset the Windows Firewall Policy settings to defaults:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/resetfwpol.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I have xp Home service pack 2 running on my home computer. My firewall is
turned off by "group Policy". I cannot find how to fix this. And I don't
know why it is this way. I am not networked in a domain. Any ideas?