Hello,

can someone help me in order to activate , in firewall xp management, advanced,ICMP

"allow echo request "

thanks in advance

• Click Start / Control Panel / Security Center (if in Category View) / Windows Firewall;
  
• Select Advanced tab and click Settings button in ICMP section;
  
• Enable "Allow incoming echo request" setting.
  

sorry Ctrl-X ,

probably my request was explained in wrong way :

Yes , I would like do this , but during a silent install , modifying some reg or .. I don't knwow .

thanks anyway

Yes , I would like do this , but during a silent install , modifying some reg or .. I don't knwow .

Oh right, I should have guessed that myself Anyway, you should be able to configure this from your answer file. If you've got the XP Deployment Tools (you should ), look up the [WindowsFirewall] section in the Preinstallation Reference (ref.chm). As far as I can tell, you'll need to add something like this:

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles=WindowsFirewall.DefaultProfile

[WindowsFirewall.DefaultProfile]
Type=3 (0=domain type, 1=standard type, 3=both)
Mode=1 (0=firewall disabled, 1=enabled)
IcmpSettings=WindowsFirewall.EchoRequest

[WindowsFirewall.EchoRequest]
Type=8 (specifies InboundEchoRequest message type)
Mode=1 (enables specified message type)

I've never used these settings myself, so there may be something missing, but basically this should do it. You can configure multiple firewall profiles, for instance one for the domain type and one for the standard type, multiple ICMP settings sections, and a lot of other settings. Check ref.chm for details. Hope this helps!

Perfect !

thank you