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Lets users choose to turn on and off windows firewall

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We have a SBS 2008 domain, and we use F-secure as our antivirus and firewall software. Know when a users connects to the domain the windows firewall turns on. And they cant turn it off. I have looked att the GPO on the SBS 2008 server but all is shown as not configured. What can I do to prevent that both windows firewall and fsecure is on?
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You could create a startup script which checks for the f-secure service and then disables the windows firewall by setting the following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile]"
EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000


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F-secure is installed satand alone on the clients. Its f-secure client security. And its has its on firewall, when you install it on a windows 7 or vista computer it deactivates the windows firewall, but not when you install it on a win xp.
i don't know a way how to best disable the f-secure firewall on all clients, but you can use the above listed to handle your windows firewall
Now, you have misunderstood me. I want to disable the Windows built-in firewall, not F-Secure. But if the user does not have F-Secure firewall software installed, then Windows will be built up, so the bass is on anväadren itself can turn off and turn on the built-in Windows firewall. As it looks now on Windows XP clients so that all of this grayed out. But on the Windows 7 client the windows firewall is deactivated when the F-Secure is installed.