Can not turn firewall off - option is grayed out

From: Stoney (Stoney_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/29/05 

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:59:06 -0700

I am starting to install SP2 on my system computers; we recently replaced our
file server and upgraded to server 2003. When a computer connects to the
network with SP2 installed the option of turning the windows firewall becomes
grayed out. How can I restore the option for individual computers to turn
the firewall on or off?

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