5. “Brandy Nee [MSFT]”
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:28:22 GMT
Local: Mon, Jun 20 2005 4:28 am
Subject: RE: Cannot get Windows XP Firewall to turn off on a Win2003 SBS Domain
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Hello Tyson,
Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.
Thanks for Marina and Susan’s input!
From your description, I understand that you are running SBS 2K3 server,
all client workstations are running Windows XP SP2. You want to disable
Windows Firewall on all client workstations, if I have misunderstood your
concern, please let me know.
To do so, please see my steps below:
Before the operation, you need to download the following hotfixes first.
After you install the Windows XP SP2 in your SBS 2k3 network, you may need
to install the Update for SBS 2k3 server first, please refer to the
following article.
872769 You cannot configure Windows Firewall settings or Security Center
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=872769
If you want to modify the Group Policy setting that is configured when you
installed the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Update for Windows XP SP2,
install the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge
Base article:
842933 “The following entry in the [strings] section is too long and has
been truncated” error message when you edit or view Group Policy in Windows
Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842933
Install both the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Update for Windows XP
SP2 (872769) and the hotfix that is described in the article 842933 only if
you want to modify the Group Policy setting that is configured when you
installed the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Update for Windows XP SP2.
After installing the above 2 hotfixes, please use the following steps to
edit the GPO
a) On the server, go to Start -> Administrative Tools -> Group Policy
Management\Forest\Domain\Yourserver(local) .
b) Right click the Small Business Server Windows Firewall and click Edit
c) Go to Computer Configuration\Administrative templates\Network\Network
Connections\Windows Firewall\Domain Profile.
d) On the right pane, change all the settings to “Not Configured”. Go to
“Standard Profile” and also make sure all settings are set as “Not
Configured”.
e) Run “gpupdate /force” on all your XP2 client workstations to get the
policy changes applied to them.
f) Ask your clients to test again.
Hope this information helps. If anything is unclear, please let me know. I
am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Brandy Nee
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