Using the Windows Firewall INF File in XP SP2 Need Help

[Guest]

I have a customer who writes the following.

I'm tring to install XP SP2 in an enviroment that does not have Active
Directory. I need the firewall to be off. I have edited the netfw.inf file to
turn off the firewall. How do I make it a part of the install. Do I
recompress it and put it in /i386/ip and /i386/ic (this is the two locations
that I found the file). If so how do I compress it?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I have a customer who writes the following.

I'm tring to install XP SP2 in an enviroment that does not have Active
Directory. I need the firewall to be off. I have edited the netfw.inf
file to turn off the firewall. How do I make it a part of the install.
Do I recompress it and put it in /i386/ip and /i386/ic (this is the
two locations that I found the file). If so how do I compress it?

Hi

My own test indicated that you didn't need to re-compress it. More here:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


An easier way to disable the firewall is to create two registry
values instead of using netfw.inf:

An alternative is to set some registry settings before the SP2
installation so the FW disables itself when it finds those registry
settings:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
\EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
\EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type)

(adding the registry values after SP2 is installed will also disable
the firewall at next startup)

Those registry values are documented in WF_XPSP2.doc

WF_XPSP2.doc "Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft
Windows XP with Service Pack 2" is downloadable from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1

 

[Guest]

Thanks Torgeir This was a big help. They need to explain this better in the
White Paper.