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Do the above on the workstation to turn off the firewall.
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Do the above on the workstation to turn off the firewall.

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thanks guys. &nbsp;I just stopped the firewall service and the firewall seemed to reflect that - it was saying it was off. &nbsp;I wasn't able to ping across a VPN like I was hoping, so I have to see if there's something in the hardware firewalls making the VPN that's blocking it.
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thanks guys.  I just stopped the firewall service and the firewall seemed to reflect that - it was saying it was off.  I wasn't able to ping across a VPN like I was hoping, so I have to see if there's something in the hardware firewalls making the VPN that's blocking it.

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I want to allow a desktop user (OK me for troubleshooting) to turn off the windows firewall on win 7. &nbsp;Now it's greyed out. &nbsp;That's a group policy thing, right? &nbsp;not sure where that setting is to remove it or change it to give the user the ability to temporarily turn off firewall.<br />
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And is there another way at the desktop to be able to turn off the firewall? &nbsp;Stop a service?
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I want to allow a desktop user (OK me for troubleshooting) to turn off the windows firewall on win 7.  Now it's greyed out.  That's a group policy thing, right?  not sure where that setting is to remove it or change it to give the user the ability to temporarily turn off firewall.

And is there another way at the desktop to be able to turn off the firewall?  Stop a service?

SBS 2011 I want to allow the desktop user to turn off the firewall, at least for the domain network.

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.