Group Policy vs Firewall

External Since: Jun 10, 2006 Posts: 105

I can't turn on the firewall because "Your network adminstrator is using
Group Policy to control these settings." But this is a stand-alone PC, and
when I go to C:\Windows\System32\ there is no Group Policy. I have XP Home,
service pack 2. Thanks!

External Since: Feb 29, 2008 Posts: 91

Bill wrote:

> I can't turn on the firewall because "Your network adminstrator is using
> Group Policy to control these settings." But this is a stand-alone PC,
> and
> when I go to C:\Windows\System32\ there is no Group Policy. I have XP
> Home,
> service pack 2. Thanks!

You are correct - there is no Group Policy Editor in XP Home. What other
security/antivirus software do you have installed? Many of these types of
programs have their own firewall component and will turn off the Windows
Firewall.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke
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