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.