Well, One Care has stopped sending me the message... although I haven't
changed anything. Turning the Firewall on/off is still greyed out in the
Control Panel -> Windows Firewall plug-in. Yes, it does state that "some
settings are controlled by group policy," however I have not implemented any
group policies on this machine. It's my home laptop, not a member of a
network. Moreover, there are no policies about the firewall in Local
Policies.
"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Paul White <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:29:30 -0500, "Lew" <lew@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>One Care is sending me a message warning that Window's Firewall isn't on.
>>>When I go to the control panel, as per the instructions, I can't turn it
>>>on
>>>there either. How can I turn it on?
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>>Is it giving a message about group policies?
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>>If so, the same problem occurred on both my PCs within a few days or
>>so. Without asking for help the only fix that I could think of was to
>>restore my systems to as they were the previous day. Of course this
>>may not be an option for you and in any case is only a workaround as
>>the problem may occur again. I don't like using the restore facility
>>as I'm always worried it will create more problems than it solves if I
>>can't remember what changes I may have made since the last restore
>>point was created.
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>>In the end I un-installed from both PCs but will reinstall once a
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> See this post:
> Windows Security Center fix -
> http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO...69173&SiteID=2
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> Note that OneCare disables the Windows Firewall using Group Policy
> settings.
> -steve
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> Stephen Boots
> MVP Windows Live
> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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