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Here is another good article with specifics - <br />
<a href="http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165" rel="ugc">http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165</a>
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Here is another good article with specifics -
http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165 [http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165]

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Sorry it took so long, I had forgotten about this until the administrative comment. &nbsp;I figured out that there is a specific setting that lets you control the firewall depending on whether or not the user is in contact with the domain. &nbsp;Thanks for the pointers.
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Sorry it took so long, I had forgotten about this until the administrative comment.  I figured out that there is a specific setting that lets you control the firewall depending on whether or not the user is in contact with the domain.  Thanks for the pointers.

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Here's the situation. &nbsp;I have a number of LAN users inside our hardware firewall, and a number of remote users that are occasionally connected via VPN (if not on VPN they are on someone else's network).<br />
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I'm looking for a way to disable the XP firewall on all the LAN users (easy, global policy...), and disable the XP firewall on the remote users ONLY when they are connected to our network. &nbsp;I can't install any non-standard software on the remote user's machines (microsoft updates / components are ok). &nbsp;The domain controller is running Windows Server 2003. &nbsp;Any ideas or solutions? &nbsp;Thanks!
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Here's the situation.  I have a number of LAN users inside our hardware firewall, and a number of remote users that are occasionally connected via VPN (if not on VPN they are on someone else's network).

I'm looking for a way to disable the XP firewall on all the LAN users (easy, global policy...), and disable the XP firewall on the remote users ONLY when they are connected to our network.  I can't install any non-standard software on the remote user's machines (microsoft updates / components are ok).  The domain controller is running Windows Server 2003.  Any ideas or solutions?  Thanks!

Advanced XP firewall control in a domain setting

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.

Software Firewalls

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).