- Disabling or turning off Windows Firewall
- Posted by AllenM on January 4th, 2006
I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
application.
- Posted by Heirloom on January 4th, 2006
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Security Center. At the bottom of the
Security Center window you will see the 'settings' area, clock on the
Firewall and you should get the window for turning it off or on.....or is
this what you are seeing as 'greyed out?'
Are you running another firewall app besides the Windows firewall?
Heirloom, old and time to dispose of some coffee
"AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>application.
>
- Posted by Frankster on January 4th, 2006
You must have administrator privileges to turn the firewall off.
-Frank
"AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>application.
>
- Posted by AllenM on January 4th, 2006
OK Heirloom that is exactly what I've been trying to do which I cannot do
becuase the options are greyed out.
"Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message
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> Start>Settings>Control Panel>Security Center. At the bottom of the
> Security Center window you will see the 'settings' area, clock on the
> Firewall and you should get the window for turning it off or on.....or is
> this what you are seeing as 'greyed out?'
> Are you running another firewall app besides the Windows firewall?
> Heirloom, old and time to dispose of some
> coffee
>
> "AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ONr8JoVEGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>>application.
>>
>
>
- Posted by AllenM on January 4th, 2006
I am an administrator of both local machine and domain.
"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
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> You must have administrator privileges to turn the firewall off.
>
> -Frank
>
> "AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ONr8JoVEGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>>application.
>>
>
>
- Posted by Frankster on January 4th, 2006
>I am an administrator of both local machine and domain.
Has some removed "Administrator" from various NTFS directories? I've seen
people do this before to prevent Administrators from "seeing" their data.
(don't ask :-) )
-Frank
- Posted by Shane on January 4th, 2006
I wonder is it actually turned on anyway? By which I mean maybe the WPF
service is disabled. If not, without solving the question of why it's
'greyed out', you could perhaps stop the Windows Firewall running by setting
the service to disabled then rebooting - that is unless you can't for the
same reason it's greyed out.
Otherwise I'd suggest booting to Safe Mode and trying.
Shane
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"AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>application.
>
- Posted by AllenM on January 4th, 2006
No. My machime and I also tried logging in as both Domain and local admin.
Same results.
"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
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> >I am an administrator of both local machine and domain.
>
> Has some removed "Administrator" from various NTFS directories? I've seen
> people do this before to prevent Administrators from "seeing" their data.
> (don't ask :-) )
>
> -Frank
>
- Posted by AllenM on January 4th, 2006
Bingo!!! Thanks Shane. All I had to do was disable the service.
"Shane" <shanebeatson@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I wonder is it actually turned on anyway? By which I mean maybe the WPF
> service is disabled. If not, without solving the question of why it's
> 'greyed out', you could perhaps stop the Windows Firewall running by
> setting
> the service to disabled then rebooting - that is unless you can't for the
> same reason it's greyed out.
>
> Otherwise I'd suggest booting to Safe Mode and trying.
>
>
> Shane
>
> --
>
>
> The Sugitive
>
> Chapter One: http://tinyurl.com/bcevp
>
> Chapter Two: http://tinyurl.com/ag92o
>
> Chapter Three: Coming to an URL near you soon!
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> "AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ONr8JoVEGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>>application.
>>
>
>
>
- Posted by frodo@theshire.org on January 4th, 2006
an app installer that asks you to turn off the firewall is a bit dubious!
disabling AV auto scanning is "normal" tho.
try running it w/ FW on anyway. _IF_ that should fail and you want to try
it w/ the FW turned off, by all means DISCONNECT all means to the internet
first (unplug network etc). DONT TURN OFF YOUR FIREWALL W/ AN ACTIVE
CONNECTION.
I usually always install w/ net access OFF; I don't like installers that
insist on calling home. Get the app running, check/setup its
options/preferences, then allow it to connect if it wants.
- Posted by Installer on January 4th, 2006
Hello , Even if you disable "Windows Firewall" , the Security Center will
show Firewall is "On" when there is yet another firewall or a "Personal
Firewall" enabled . Wireless routers will have a "Setup" page .. check this
firewall setting also .
--
KD
"AllenM" wrote:
> I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
> recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
> Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
> option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
> "on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
> do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
> application.
>
>
>
- Posted by AllenM on January 4th, 2006
Turning off the service will disable Windows Firewall which is the only one
I'm concerned about. There are no others. Thanks for the input.
"Installer" <lost_in_70s_tunes> wrote in message
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> Hello , Even if you disable "Windows Firewall" , the Security Center will
> show Firewall is "On" when there is yet another firewall or a "Personal
> Firewall" enabled . Wireless routers will have a "Setup" page .. check
> this
> firewall setting also .
> --
> KD
>
>
> "AllenM" wrote:
>
>> I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>> recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>> Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>> option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>> "on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and
>> how
>> do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>> application.
>>
>>
>>
- Posted by Shane on January 4th, 2006
Great. I just hope you re-enabled it before going online, if you don't have
another firewall.
Shane
--
The Sugitive
Chapter One: http://tinyurl.com/bcevp
Chapter Two: http://tinyurl.com/ag92o
Chapter Three: Coming to an URL near you soon!
------------------------------------
"AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bingo!!! Thanks Shane. All I had to do was disable the service.
>
- Posted by WTC on January 5th, 2006
"AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
>recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
>Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
>option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
>"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
>do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
>application.
>
[HKLM\Software Policies\Microsoft\]
Delete the registry key "WindowsFirewall"
--
William
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on January 5th, 2006
Reset the Windows Firewall Policy settings to defaults:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/resetfwpol.htm
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
"AllenM" <allen.miyake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have an application that is giving me problems with the install. It is
recommended by the manufacturer to turn off all anti virus and Windows
Firewall before installing. When I open my Windows Firewall settings the
option to turn off Windows Firewall is greyed out as well as the defualt
"on" selection which obviously I cannot change either. Why is that and how
do I go about turning off Windows Firewall so that I may install this
application.
