Vista - Remote Desktop with Firewall OFF

I want to enable Remote Desktop on a Vista Business edition. Due to the
problems the Windows firewall can cause on an internal network, I have a
group policy that disables the firewall.

How do I enable Remote Desktop without having to have the firewall on.
Surely MS would not require the firewall to be running to enable Remote
Desktop - would they?

By design, the firewall should allow remote desktop access after enabling remote desktop. if you want to disable firewall, the Remote desktop should work too.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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"Glen" <Glen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BF2831DE-E5A6-47C5-A1EB-E3EE138513DD@microsoft.com...
I want to enable Remote Desktop on a Vista Business edition. Due to the
problems the Windows firewall can cause on an internal network, I have a
group policy that disables the firewall.

How do I enable Remote Desktop without having to have the firewall on.
Surely MS would not require the firewall to be running to enable Remote
Desktop - would they?

I encountered the same problem upon disabling the Windows firewall
service the computer does not allow incomming RDP.
Anny thought on this?


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matand
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