AD and GPO's

[ittechsupport]

Hi all,

We are running Server 2003 on our servers and Windows XP on our desktops.

I have a GPO running which seems to be working for the most part.

However, I want to turn the windows firewall off and it doesn't seem to be working.

I have gone into "computer configuration\admin templates\network config\domain profiles\ and disabled the "protect all network connections" setting.

If i set the above setting in my GPO with all my other settings, it does NOT work.

If i set the above setting in a GPO all to itself it works fine.

Any ideas why this would be?

Thanks in advance

Stephen

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

best method to disable windows firewall

Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->System Services->Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) (Startup Mode: Disabled)

if Security center isnt already disabled on your domain (i believe it is by default) but if its not, youll need to change this as well to shut security center up about Windows Firewall being disabled:

Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->System Services->Security Center (Startup Mode: Disabled)