Re: firewall problems

[Guest brigadoom]

Re: firewall problems

 

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> For Windows XP Home Edition:

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>

> Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall

 

 

 

 

this is wrong because it does not exist in home edition

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: firewall problems

 

Re: firewall problems

 

The key does not exist in *any* edition of Windows XP unless a Policy is set, either via GPO or Registry-based. Most of the Policies that work in XP Pro applies to Windows XP Home Edition as well.

 

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> For Windows XP Home Edition:

> ---------------------------------

>

> Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall

 

 

 

 

this is wrong because it does not exist in home edition