Windows Firewall Disabled by Group Policy-help!

Variatas · External Since: Jun 26, 2006 Posts: 1

A computer running XP Home was taken for repairs, but the store added group
policy settings that I can't find how to get rid of. The most critical thing
they did, that I can find, was to disable Windows Firewall. How do I get rid
of these Group Policy Settings?

John John · External Since: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 2625

Windows XP Home doesn't have a Group Policy Editor, you will have to
edit the registry manually. Registry References here:

Group Policy Settings Reference
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7821c32f-da15...8d-8e48

John

Variatas wrote:
> A computer running XP Home was taken for repairs, but the store added group
> policy settings that I can't find how to get rid of. The most critical thing
> they did, that I can find, was to disable Windows Firewall. How do I get rid
> of these Group Policy Settings?

John Wunderlich · External Since: Feb 25, 2004 Posts: 373

=?Utf-8?B?VmFyaWF0YXM=?= <Variatas.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:05349EA6-5B48-4E28-8CD4-6E39CB9E2813@microsoft.com:

> A computer running XP Home was taken for repairs, but the store
> added group policy settings that I can't find how to get rid of.
> The most critical thing they did, that I can find, was to disable
> Windows Firewall. How do I get rid of these Group Policy
> Settings?
>

Start-->Run-->gpedit.msc

HTH,
John

Ramesh, MS-MVP · External Since: Jun 29, 2005 Posts: 8469

Reset the Windows Firewall Policy settings to defaults:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/resetfwpol.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

"Variatas" <Variatas RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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A computer running XP Home was taken for repairs, but the store added group
policy settings that I can't find how to get rid of. The most critical
thing
they did, that I can find, was to disable Windows Firewall. How do I get
rid
of these Group Policy Settings?

nerd · External Since: Sep 26, 2009 Posts: 1

"Variatas" wrote:

> A computer running XP Home was taken for repairs, but the store added group
> policy settings that I can't find how to get rid of. The most critical thing
> they did, that I can find, was to disable Windows Firewall. How do I get rid
> of these Group Policy Settings?

Lion · External Since: Oct 20, 2009 Posts: 1

"Variatas" wrote:

> A computer running XP Home was taken for repairs, but the store added group
> policy settings that I can't find how to get rid of. The most critical thing
> they did, that I can find, was to disable Windows Firewall. How do I get rid
> of these Group Policy Settings?