Re: Internet Firewall Greyed out on XP

Make sure you rebooted the computer. What exact error messages are you
getting now? If there are other keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft delete them as they are Group
Policy type restrictions assuming you do not want any of them. --- Steve


"Achilleus" <Achilleus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8D1CE47E-B930-4910-85C6-D5B97F5F2749@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm having the same problem, I deleted those two keys and it still doesn't
> work. I'm running on XP Home, so I don't have the group policy editor. I
> tried the above with taking out SP2 and scanning, and that didn't work
> either. I've also tried a repair installation of XP and that didn't seem
> to
> work.
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
>> 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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