hawgpig
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Problem with group policy on windows xp home???
I have a computer that is running windows xp home.
The windows firewall is greyed out and will not let me reactivate.
When I try it tells me that the firewall is being controled by group policy.
The computer has never been on a domain.
Where can I find group policy on xp home??
Also the computer had a virus and did not have the critical updates installed.
I removed the viruses and spyware....and did the updates including installing SP2.
Is this a known issue with SP2??
The windows firewall is greyed out and will not let me reactivate.
When I try it tells me that the firewall is being controled by group policy.
The computer has never been on a domain.
Where can I find group policy on xp home??
Also the computer had a virus and did not have the critical updates installed.
I removed the viruses and spyware....and did the updates including installing SP2.
Is this a known issue with SP2??
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hawgpig
Unlikely it's a virus.
No idea what could have caused this
Cheers
JamesDS
Unlikely it's a virus.
No idea what could have caused this
Cheers
JamesDS
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Ok guys, I'm going to try to put this in a nut shell incase someone else has this problem...
The answer is that the Virus that infected the computer set several registry keys to NULL that involve the firewall.
This was a result of removing the virus by removing the hard drive and scanning it in another computer....
I found the keys to change..
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dopbot.html
and changed them.... Poof the firewall came up again...
The virus also installed in the HOST file the words
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
So when I tried to update the antivirus software..... it tried to go to the loop back address instead of going to the DNS address... This was a particularly nasty virus to remove....
Thanks for the help everyone..
<hawgpig~
The answer is that the Virus that infected the computer set several registry keys to NULL that involve the firewall.
This was a result of removing the virus by removing the hard drive and scanning it in another computer....
I found the keys to change..
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dopbot.html
and changed them.... Poof the firewall came up again...
The virus also installed in the HOST file the words
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
So when I tried to update the antivirus software..... it tried to go to the loop back address instead of going to the DNS address... This was a particularly nasty virus to remove....
Thanks for the help everyone..
<hawgpig~
The same problem accoured to me on a Windows XP Pro machine NOT (repeat: NOT) in a domain.
Windows firewall settings (On/Off) were dimmed, ie. I wasn't able to turn the windows firewall ON or OFF.
Solution: run gpedit.msc, Right click Local Computer Policy, select Properties and check the two boxes for Disable Computer Configuration settings, Disable User Configuration settings.
With this, the Windows firewall settings were not dimmed anymore.
Hope this helps someone,
A.
Windows firewall settings (On/Off) were dimmed, ie. I wasn't able to turn the windows firewall ON or OFF.
Solution: run gpedit.msc, Right click Local Computer Policy, select Properties and check the two boxes for Disable Computer Configuration settings, Disable User Configuration settings.
With this, the Windows firewall settings were not dimmed anymore.
Hope this helps someone,
A.
Thanks Hawgpig. I think this might do the trick.
ASKER
Guys,
sorry for dropping the ball on the points on this one.... You guys did a great job helping me out... thanks for the help...
sorry for dropping the ball on the points on this one.... You guys did a great job helping me out... thanks for the help...
ThanQ
ASKER
No GPedit will not work "windows cannot find gpedit"
Graeme,
since it is xp home there is no local security policy
There is a "security policies on local computer" if I use the
mmc-snapin add/remove
In this there are 3 policies client, secure server, server
I've never delt with this before...
JamesDS
Is it possible the virus configured something on XPhome that could cause this??