Re: SP2 Farewall Won't turn on

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:06:53 -0400

You need to do this in Group Policies. I don't know if the Server 2003 policy templates have been updated or not.

On the XP Pro machine, this is found in GPEDIT, Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Network, Network Connections, Windows Firewall. 

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"Ken" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0e0c01c47b47$ac929ac0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> We have a Windows Small Business Server 2003 and 5 
> workstations running Windows XP Pro. One of the computers 
> has SP2 installed but the Firewall is disabled and the 
> dialog box says that the firewall is controlled by the 
> domain. HOW DO WE TURN ON the firewall? We have gon to 
> the KB but those instructions don't seem to make any 
> sense. Do we need to make changes on the workstation or 
> the server? What needs to be changed to turn on the 
> firewall?

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