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Or a quicker way to load the Resultant set of policy MMC as Pete shows above is enter RSOP.MSC at the Run prompt.
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Or a quicker way to load the Resultant set of policy MMC as Pete shows above is enter RSOP.MSC at the Run prompt.

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The TechRepublic article was very helpful too. thanks!
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The TechRepublic article was very helpful too. thanks!

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When laptops on my LAN are disconnected from the the network, Windows Firewall becomes disabled and all options are greyed out. It says &quot;For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy&quot;<br />
If I run gpresult I see two policies affecting the machine. When I edit these group policies, nether of them are listed as being applied by my Global Catalog Server, BACB, yet gpresult says they were applied from BACB. How can I find where this Group Policy is coming from?
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When laptops on my LAN are disconnected from the the network, Windows Firewall becomes disabled and all options are greyed out. It says "For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy"
If I run gpresult I see two policies affecting the machine. When I edit these group policies, nether of them are listed as being applied by my Global Catalog Server, BACB, yet gpresult says they were applied from BACB. How can I find where this Group Policy is coming from?

How can I tell what Group Policy is affecting my Windows Firewall.

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).