Re: Firewall alert keeps getting turned back on in SP2

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:41:29 +0200

Ken H wrote:

> Thanks for your quick response. However I'd prefer to
> know why the setting isn't sticking and address that
> rather than working around it by turning off the whole
> Security Center.
Hi

As far as I can see, it is a bug in SP2, heaps of people have this
issue, and no one have come up with a explanation of it.

howiezows have another way to "fix" this, locking down the permissions
on the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center in
registry.

Take a look here if you still want the Security Center enabled,
and with a setting that survives a reboot:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=479f69ab.0409052109.46282011%40posting.google.com

I'm a bit reluctant to point to this solution to everybody that have
this problem, because locking down permissions on system files and
system registry keys very often comes back to bite you later on in
upgrade situations (and then you have long gone forgot that you did
this change or you fail to see the connection). 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Relevant Pages

  • Re: NTFS Effective Permissions?
    ... Scripting tools should also include ways ... there are very few scripting tools from ... > with the access permissions listed in the Advanced Windows Security ...
    (microsoft.public.scripting.wsh)
  • Re: XP SP2 security center
    ... howiezows have another way to "fix" this, locking down the permissions ... Take a look here if you still want the Security Center enabled, ... -- torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: NTFS Effective Permissions?
    ... I took this discussion to manage file or directory permissions via a script ... and not be forced to MANUALLY use the Advanced Security settings in the ... Windows Explorer. ... > You can already use scripting with NTFS. ...
    (microsoft.public.scripting.wsh)
  • Re: XP SP2 Security Alerts
    ... > settings as the next time windows loads the tick boxes are back to ticked. ... howiezows have another way to "fix" this, locking down the permissions ... -- torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Windows SP2 Firewall
    ... The firewall, no matter if I change the way it alerts ... howiezows have another way to "fix" this, locking down the permissions ... -- torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
Quantcast