Help: Lost Internet Access & Firewall Disabled by Group Policy

[Pete]

Hi:

We have two XP Pro SP2 systems behind a router on a cable network.
Overnight one of the systems developed a problem and cannot communicate with
the internet. I believe the hardware is OK, because the computer can access
shared folders and remote desktop communicates with the other system on the
LAN, but fails to communicate with systems on the WAN.

It is the systems, my kids use so I have not looked at it lately. I found
that the security center was disabled which I re-enabled successfully. The
windows firewall was disabled by group policy. I don't know how this
happened? How do I regain control over the windows firewall? I have never
adjusted the policies on this computer, and don't know how they would
change. I am running McAffee AntiVirus 8.0 on both systems.

I re-entered all the TCP/IP settings, but the system still can't log onto
the router by ipnumber?

Repairing the network connectioin does not help nor does it generate any
error message. The symptoms are that something may be blocking internet
access, I just don't know what?

TIA,

Pete

 

[WTC]

Hi:

[ ]

The windows firewall was disabled by group policy. I don't know how this
happened? How do I regain control over the windows firewall? I have
never adjusted the policies on this computer, and don't know how they
would change. I am running McAffee AntiVirus 8.0 on both systems.

To access Group Policy Object editor, type "gpedit.msc" in the Run dialog
box. Then navigate to the following:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > Network
Connections > Windows Firewall.
Set everything to "Not Configured" for the Windows Firewall's objects. If
everything is set to "Not Configured" then edit the registry at this
location:

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft]
Delete the registry key "WindowsFirewall"

 

[Pete]

Hi:

[ ]

The windows firewall was disabled by group policy. I don't know how this
happened? How do I regain control over the windows firewall? I have
never adjusted the policies on this computer, and don't know how they
would change. I am running McAffee AntiVirus 8.0 on both systems.

To access Group Policy Object editor, type "gpedit.msc" in the Run dialog
box. Then navigate to the following:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > Network
Connections > Windows Firewall.
Set everything to "Not Configured" for the Windows Firewall's objects. If
everything is set to "Not Configured" then edit the registry at this
location:

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft]
Delete the registry key "WindowsFirewall"

Everything seems to work. I had to delete the registry key and reboot.
Policy editor had everything set to notconfigured.

Thanks,

Pete

 

[WTC]

Hi:

[ ]

The windows firewall was disabled by group policy. I don't know how
this happened? How do I regain control over the windows firewall? I
have never adjusted the policies on this computer, and don't know how
they would change. I am running McAffee AntiVirus 8.0 on both systems.

To access Group Policy Object editor, type "gpedit.msc" in the Run dialog
box. Then navigate to the following:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > Network
Connections > Windows Firewall.
Set everything to "Not Configured" for the Windows Firewall's objects. If
everything is set to "Not Configured" then edit the registry at this
location:

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft]
Delete the registry key "WindowsFirewall"

Everything seems to work. I had to delete the registry key and reboot.
Policy editor had everything set to notconfigured.

You're welcome Pete.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

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

--
Regards,

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


Hi:

We have two XP Pro SP2 systems behind a router on a cable network.
Overnight one of the systems developed a problem and cannot communicate with
the internet. I believe the hardware is OK, because the computer can access
shared folders and remote desktop communicates with the other system on the
LAN, but fails to communicate with systems on the WAN.

It is the systems, my kids use so I have not looked at it lately. I found
that the security center was disabled which I re-enabled successfully. The
windows firewall was disabled by group policy. I don't know how this
happened? How do I regain control over the windows firewall? I have never
adjusted the policies on this computer, and don't know how they would
change. I am running McAffee AntiVirus 8.0 on both systems.

I re-entered all the TCP/IP settings, but the system still can't log onto
the router by ipnumber?

Repairing the network connectioin does not help nor does it generate any
error message. The symptoms are that something may be blocking internet
access, I just don't know what?

TIA,

Pete