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Windows Firewall is ON automatically if multiple network adapter installed

Asked by: chekfu

How to turn Windows Firewall OFF when multiple network adapter installed.

Lately, I realized that Windows Firewall is ON in Windows Vista Business, checked that it is because more than one network adapter installed. Windows Firewall is set to OFF and controlled by Group Policy

At first, Network Connection window only contains Local Area Connection. After installing VMware Server edition, additional 2 network adapter installed and appeared in Network Connection window. Windows Firewall is ON automatically and cannot manual set to OFF as the option is dimmed.

Manually delete that 2 VMware network adapter, Windows Firewall is then OFF automatically.

Anyone encounter this and get it resolve.

Please advice.

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Answers

 

by: The_WarlockPosted on 2009-06-17 at 11:21:37ID: 24651056

Have you tried to disable it in the services?
START-->Control Panel-->Administrative Tools-->services
ANd find Windows Firewall and right click it and DISABLE it.

Otherwise, you can try disabling it in the registry w/ the following statements.:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall
\DomainProfile \EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall
\StandardProfile \EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type)

Hope this helps.

 

by: chekfuPosted on 2009-06-17 at 12:04:29ID: 24651389

The group policy of Windows Firewall is applied if domain profile is detected, it will be OFF. The standard profile will be ON.

Because of VMware network adapters installed, Windows Vista itself detected wrongly as Standard profile.

My question is how to make my machine being recognized as Domain profile, so Windows Firewall is OFF.

I am sure that something to do on the Network profile with those network adapters.

Please advice.

 

by: The_WarlockPosted on 2009-06-17 at 12:09:20ID: 24651425

I would think that by default the Windows OS Firewall would assume control of ANY Net adapter(physical and Virtual) listed in the "device" table, unless specified otherwise somewhere else.
IE: Exceptions tab under the OS FW settings, or in the registry.

 

by: chekfuPosted on 2009-06-17 at 12:13:36ID: 24651461

Yes, how to?

You know, i manually delete both vmware virtual network adapters, it is OFF by itself. How to make those vmware network adapter the same network profile as Local Area Connection (physical adapter)?

 

by: Gideon7Posted on 2009-06-17 at 15:58:53ID: 24653363

Run REGEDIT.EXE and go to
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Inspect the subkeys 0001, 0002, etc until you find one with "VMnet"="\DosDevice\VMnet1", or "VMnet"="\DosDevice\VMnet2", etc.

Add the REG_DWORD value  "*NdisDeviceType"=dword:1
Note the leading star (*).  Then disable/re-enable VMnet1/8
or reboot).  

This allows Windows Firewall to revert back to the Domain profile.

See http://communities.vmware.com/thread/85154?tstart=0&start=30  (Scroll to bottom). For background see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201634.aspx

 

by: chekfuPosted on 2009-06-18 at 18:51:39ID: 31593504

Awesome! it is working.

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