XPSP2 Firewall Policy

[jmandiaz]

Hi guys,
I'm having the following problem.

I deploy XPSP2 on my clients if the system has NOT been added to the domain i'm able to turn on and off the firewall but when i added to the domain the option is grayed out.

Under control panel -> firewall i have a message that reads
"For your security some settings are controlled by Group Policy"

Does anyone know where in the policy editor i can enable the user to turn on or off the firewall? Thanks in advance


-Jaime

 

[twwabw]

Are you running Small Bus Server 2003 by any chance? If so, you need to install a patch on the server to allow GP settings. See Microsoft's KB 872769 to download the patch.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...c2-4317-40e0-b7da-feb52c6b6386&displaylang=en

Here's another link to another patch you should also install, so the MMC won't truncate the settings:

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB842933):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...D0-F2CE-4FA7-92AB-AC336AD18409&displaylang=en

 

[jmandiaz]

twwabw,
I'm running SBS 2003. I applied both patches and i still can't get the options to unshade when install the patches both of them said they had been installed correctly the second patch the (KB842933) did work when i launched the MMC i didn not get the truncation error. However the other one did not seem to take place i re-installed and re-booted the server but nothing seemed to changed. Any other suggestions.