For Windows XP Home Edition:
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Open Regedit.exe and 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.exe and restart Windows.
For Windows XP Professional:
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From Start/Run, type Gpedit.msc and navigate to:
Computer Configuration
=> Administrative Templates
=> System
=> Network
=> Network Connections
=> Windows Firewall
=> Standard Profile
Set the following options to "Not Configured" (defaults)
Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections
Windows Firewall: Do not allow exceptions
Windows Firewall: Define program exceptions
Windows Firewall: Allow local program exceptions
Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception
Windows Firewall: Allow file and printer sharing exception
Windows Firewall: Allow ICMP exceptions
Windows Firewall: Allow Remote Desktop exception
Windows Firewall: Allow UPnP framework exception
Windows Firewall: Prohibit notifications
Windows Firewall: Allow logging
Windows Firewall: Prohibit unicast response to multicast or broadcast
requests
Windows Firewall: Define port exceptions
Windows Firewall: Allow local port exceptions
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"Kevin" <Ke...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB2EA0E9-8A9C-4734...@microsoft.com...
>I have a problem with a xp home pc, when I go to Security Center or the
> Firewall I get the following message :" For your security, some settings
> are
> controlled by Group Policy. " I have no idea how to fix this problem??
>
> Thanks