Vista - can't turn on firewall

Security Center reports firewall is off. Options to turn it on are grayed out
and it says Group Policy is controlling my settings. Why, I am not on a
domain? I'm connected to my home wireless network. Perhaps I don't really
need the firewall behind a router, but it was on last night, before I
upgraded to this RTM build. How can I turn it on and how can I turn off Group
Policy settings.

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The personal opinion of
Gary G. Little

"Theano" <Theano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C2FDFD7-0756-4658-8B9B-81C8203AD73D@microsoft.com...
> Security Center reports firewall is off. Options to turn it on are grayed
> out
> and it says Group Policy is controlling my settings. Why, I am not on a
> domain? I'm connected to my home wireless network. Perhaps I don't really
> need the firewall behind a router, but it was on last night, before I
> upgraded to this RTM build. How can I turn it on and how can I turn off
> Group
> Policy settings.

Not knowingly. And it doesn't appear on my installed programs. I did have it
installed once under XP and had to uninstall it when I got Vista beta 2.

Although, the kind of messages I'm receiving seem to indicate I might have
two firewalls running... but that could be just stock wording.

But it's very mysterious. I fell asleep with my firewall on and RTM
installing via upgrade, and I woke up with RTM installed and firewall off.

Theano


"Gary G. Little" wrote:

> Are you using Live OneCare?
>
> --
> The personal opinion of
> Gary G. Little
>
> "Theano" <Theano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2C2FDFD7-0756-4658-8B9B-81C8203AD73D@microsoft.com...
> > Security Center reports firewall is off. Options to turn it on are grayed
> > out
> > and it says Group Policy is controlling my settings. Why, I am not on a
> > domain? I'm connected to my home wireless network. Perhaps I don't really
> > need the firewall behind a router, but it was on last night, before I
> > upgraded to this RTM build. How can I turn it on and how can I turn off
> > Group
> > Policy settings.
>
>
>

After much trouble I discovered the MMC version "Windows Firewall with
Advanced Security" and that is what I must use to turn on and configure my
firewall. Windows Firewall Control Panel is grayed out, with reference to
"Group Policy." Yeah a group of one. OK so I use the MMC and I turn on all my
firewall. This may be the default for Ultimate. Not very discoverable.

Theano

"Theano" wrote:

> Not knowingly. And it doesn't appear on my installed programs. I did have it
> installed once under XP and had to uninstall it when I got Vista beta 2.
>
> Although, the kind of messages I'm receiving seem to indicate I might have
> two firewalls running... but that could be just stock wording.
>
> But it's very mysterious. I fell asleep with my firewall on and RTM
> installing via upgrade, and I woke up with RTM installed and firewall off.
>
> Theano
>
>
> "Gary G. Little" wrote:
>
> > Are you using Live OneCare?
> >
> > --
> > The personal opinion of
> > Gary G. Little
> >
> > "Theano" <Theano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2C2FDFD7-0756-4658-8B9B-81C8203AD73D@microsoft.com...
> > > Security Center reports firewall is off. Options to turn it on are grayed
> > > out
> > > and it says Group Policy is controlling my settings. Why, I am not on a
> > > domain? I'm connected to my home wireless network. Perhaps I don't really
> > > need the firewall behind a router, but it was on last night, before I
> > > upgraded to this RTM build. How can I turn it on and how can I turn off
> > > Group
> > > Policy settings.
> >
> >
> >