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Yeah i actually just saw that today. And i forgot about this post. I will try and find it again and will post it back up here! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll be more than happy to hear back from you if you found the info. Be sure to get alink for it if you can. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I found the solution today!!!! It appears to have been an issue created by the deployment configuration file for my network's SP2 upgrade. It got set initially on the patch with a -WindowsFirewallOFF flag. In any event the fix was...... Rename the following registry key (you may be able to delete it but I was told to rename it). HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall Just rename the WindowsFirewall key. On my PC that I installed SP2 as part of a Microsft Update download, this key does not exist in the registry at all. In case you were curious, on the pc's that were affected, the registry key looked like this: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000 On a non-affected system, The WindowsFirewall key and subkeys did NOT exist at all. I hope this info may help others.

There is no problem on the firewall/network to my knowledge. New PC's arriving with SP2 preinstalled have no problems. A AD domain exists, but the pc is in a work group and doesn't authenticate to the domain. I tried that... it didn't work. Also tried reinstall atl.dll and hnetcfg.dll didn't work edited msconfig unchecked and disabled services ..... didn't work reinstalled eventlog.dll and advapi32.dll ........ didn't work netsh winsock reset ..... didn't work reinstalled netfw.inf ........ didn't work deleted sharedaccess and reinstalled from HIVE ......... didn't work uninstalled SP2 and reinstalled ...... still doesn't work I was on the phone with a MS tech for over 4 hours. He stated he couldn't find anything in their records for this. So maybe it's a new bug or something. Strange this is I can turn the firewall off/on via the registry by changing the 0/1 in the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000001 On reboot, it will show the changed state. But via the Windows Firewall GUI, I can't change stop/start. The text next to the buttons is still greyed out. If it's set to on, the firewall does work properly. Very wierd and frustrating.

Yeah i actually just saw that today. And i forgot about this post. I will try and find it again and will post it back up here! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll be more than happy to hear back from you if you found the info. Be sure to get alink for it if you can.

I'm actually logged in as admin, but the issue is to be able to push a script to the desktops on a network that will allow the registry change to all SP2 machines on the network. From the above link, this info from the site is similar to what I'm looking for: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\ Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile With a REG_DWORD value named EnableFirewall, 0 means turn off and 1 means turn on! I also found today what may be my solution (sort of)..... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center Setting AntiVirusOverride will disable the warnings in the AV settings and show check in box for "I have an antivirus program I'll monitor myself". Thus no more popup on that warning and shows a status of not monitored. Setting FirewallOverride should disable the firewall warnings as best as I can tell. Or at least it did on a test machine after rebooting it. The AntivirusOverride did not require a reboot to take affect. Now I also have another minor issue that I'm pretty sure I created. In the Security Center, regardless whether the Firewall is ON or OFF, if I click on the Windows Firewall icon under the Manage Security settings section, The option to manually set the firewall to on or off by clicking it with the moiuse is gone. You can see whatever it's current status is, but the text is greyed out and you can not select anything. You can however check the DOn't allow exceptions box, or go to Exceptions ot Advanced tabs and make changes in thise sections. But no ability to change anything under the General tab. Very wierd. I figure there is another registry key option somewhere that gives the option to enable or disable changes to the General tab settings. I just haven't found it yet.

I recently did an upgrade to SP2 on an existing system. When I look at the Security Center firewall, I see the setting is currently OFF. The ON and Don't allow exceptions buttons are grey out and there doesn't seem to be any way to get them working. Clicking on them doesn't change anything. I can add/remove exceptions however. I have tried modifying the registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000 I've tried to change the DWORD to 0 or 1, but the Windows Firewall still will not allow me to change the status. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Rog

You might try checking the PC for spyware. If you access the internet a lot and don't have any sort or spyware prevention/detection software, you might have gone to a site that installed a trojan or something. When I hear something like this, it usually ends up being spyware related any more these days. Update your antivirus app (you have one don't you? If not, get AVG). Clean out your cookies and temporary internet files. Install and update a antispyware app like Microsoft's new beta app, Spybot, Ad-Aware, Pest Patrol, or some combination of these. There doesn't seem to be one yet that chatches or cleans every thing. I also suggest apps from javacoolsoftware.com such as spywareblaster and spyware guard. For home use, these apps are free or shareware. Try it. Rog

I'm having a similar situation after installing the SP2 upgrade. In my case, looking at the Windows Firewall in the Security Center, the firewall is OFF. The buttons for ON and Don't allow exceptions are greyed out and I can not select them. Switching to the Exceptions tab, I can add/remove exceptions and stuff. But for the life of me I can't get the firewall to enable. I have looked at the registry section: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall \StandardProfile \EnableFirewall and tried setting the DWord to zero or one. But neither will enable the firewall to be on. Hopefully someone with a clue will offer some advise. Rog

try using regedit. back up your registry first.... Then.... HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\lsa Change forceguest dword to 0