Re: Internet Firewall Greyed out on XP
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:06:12 -0600
Usually when that happens it is an indication of malware on your computer in
an attempt to disable your firewall to make your computer more vulnerable.
To try and repair your specific problem logon as a local administrator and
use regedit to open edit the registry and look for the keys below and delete
the keys found under Microsoft for WindowsFirewall if any. --- Steve
. 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)
"Mo4ya" <Mo4ya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:721F7076-50B8-4387-917C-1C9E813EF03F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I recently upgraded to SP2. I noticed that when I go into security, and
>try
> to turn on Firewall, it says that the Internet Connection Firewall is not
> on
> and do I want to turn it on. I say yes and then when I try to turn on the
> firewall it says that that group policy may prohibit this and the option
> is
> greyed out and turned off. I have XP home and am the only
> user/administrator
> of this computer. I did to into my LAN area connection properties
> setting,
> went to the advanced tab, went into the Windows Firewall settings and went
> into the advance tab for that. Under Network Connection Settings, Local
> Area
> Connection is checked and says that Windows Firewall is enabled for the
> connection seletected below. I don't see how this is possible if it is
> greyed out and says that its off. How do I get this option back on? I am
> running Norton, Microsoft Anti-Beta Spyware and Ad Aware.
.
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