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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: dairyman on October 02, 2007, 04:03:13 AM

Title: This has to be a joke...
Post by: dairyman on October 02, 2007, 04:03:13 AM

I recently was looking at Windows Firewall in Control Panel, and it says at the top:

"For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy."

 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

I can't even start the PC Tools Firewall Plus service.
It just returns "Error 5: Access is Denied."

Would it be safe to delete the 'WindowsFirewall' key in the registry?
Help!

Title: Re: This has to be a joke...
Post by: Spero-T on October 02, 2007, 04:35:59 AM

Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsFirewall

Backup the key and then delete the WindowsFirewall branch.
Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows.

Becareful

Title: Re: This has to be a joke...
Post by: dairyman on October 02, 2007, 05:36:47 PM

Okay, will do that.

Thank you.