Turning on the firewall via a GPO

  • Thread starter Harrison Midkiff
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Harrison Midkiff

Hello:

I have been working on getting my network ready for WinXP SP2. The firewall
is the big thing for me. I have found the GPO that allows me to turn the
firewall on, but when I do that the user can not turn it off if they choose
to. Ideally I want the firewall configured so it will be on everytime the
user restarts there computer. They can turn it off, but when the computer
reboots the firewall will be back on again.

Does any know if I can configure it this way?

Harrison Midkiff
 
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Tom Che [MSFT]

Hi Harrison,

Thanks for posting here. Also thank the other customer's reply.

From your post, my understanding of your concern is: You want to know how
to configure the Windows Firewall to allow user to turn off the Firewall,
but itself will turn on after next restarting. If this is not correct,
please feel free to let me know.

Although there isn't a proper simple policy with GPO to do this, we still
can complete this by Script:

1. Edit a script which can run the following command:

netsh firewall set opmode enable

Above command will turn on the Windows Firewall

For more information about this command, please refer to the following
document:

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service
Pack 2
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/a/68a81446-cd73-4a61-8665-8a67781
ac4e8/wf_xpsp2.doc

2. Add the script file to Domain Default GPO as Computer Startup or/and
Shutdown Scripts

For more information about how to write script and GPO Startup/Shutdown
Scripts, please refer to the following Microsoft Web site:

Script Center
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Windows 2000 Computer Startup Scripts:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/optimi
ze/startw2k.asp?frame=true

Active Directory Services and Group Policy in Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/israel/events/downloads/ws2003event/Active_Director
y.ppt

Hope this helps!

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,
Tom Che
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Tom Che [MSFT]

Hi Harrison,

I appreciate your update and response, and I am glad to hear that the
problem has been fixed. If you have any other questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact us. It is always our pleasure to be of
assistance.

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,
Tom Che
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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From: "Harrison Midkiff" <[email protected]>
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