Im the only Admin, Im controlled by Group Policy?

[Guest Brian]

Hi I am troubleshooting a problem Im having with my computer connecting to

torrents. I suspect the culprit is Windows Firewall but I cannot shut it

off. It says, "for your security some settings are controlled by group

policy."

 

I did not enact a group policy, I am the only person who uses this pc. I

have the only user account minus the Guest login. I have XP Home edition. Is

there a way to Uninstall the Firewall or maybe get rid of this "group policy?"

 

I have already tried making exceptions for my programs but it doesn't work.

[Guest Scott]

RE: Im the only Admin, Im controlled by Group Policy?

 

Hello Brian-

 

Have you tried disabling the Windows Firewall service?

Click Start>run>type "services.msc" (without the quotes) and then press enter.

You will find the service near the bottom of the long list of services. I

wouldn't recommend leaving the service off for too long, unless you have a

3rd party firewall software installed or are using a router that has firewall

protection. I hope this helps.

 

"Brian" wrote:

> Hi I am troubleshooting a problem Im having with my computer connecting to

> torrents. I suspect the culprit is Windows Firewall but I cannot shut it

> off. It says, "for your security some settings are controlled by group

> policy."

>

> I did not enact a group policy, I am the only person who uses this pc. I

> have the only user account minus the Guest login. I have XP Home edition. Is

> there a way to Uninstall the Firewall or maybe get rid of this "group policy?"

>

> I have already tried making exceptions for my programs but it doesn't work.

[Guest Brian]

RE: Im the only Admin, Im controlled by Group Policy?

 

I was aware of this option to tell you the truth. I do have a router with a

built in firewall thats why I wanted to stop Windows Firewall. This does

solve my problem but do you have any idea about how this whole group policy

thing came to be?

 

"Scott" wrote:

> Hello Brian-

>

> Have you tried disabling the Windows Firewall service?

> Click Start>run>type "services.msc" (without the quotes) and then press enter.

> You will find the service near the bottom of the long list of services. I

> wouldn't recommend leaving the service off for too long, unless you have a

> 3rd party firewall software installed or are using a router that has firewall

> protection. I hope this helps.

>

> "Brian" wrote:

>

> > Hi I am troubleshooting a problem Im having with my computer connecting to

> > torrents. I suspect the culprit is Windows Firewall but I cannot shut it

> > off. It says, "for your security some settings are controlled by group

> > policy."

> >

> > I did not enact a group policy, I am the only person who uses this pc. I

> > have the only user account minus the Guest login. I have XP Home edition. Is

> > there a way to Uninstall the Firewall or maybe get rid of this "group policy?"

> >

> > I have already tried making exceptions for my programs but it doesn't work.