deekee wrote:

> hello,
> I've tried to disable the windows xp firewall with the radio button,
> but the secutity center tells me that the firewall is still active!
>
> Any idea?
>
> many thanks in advance for any hint.
>

Copy and paste the following text below the ************** into notepad,
save from notepad as a *.reg file (such as fwoff.reg), double click the
*.reg file, answer Yes and Ok, then reboot. It should completely disble
the Windows firewall and notification of it at startup.

Steve N.

**************
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001
"FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Win dowsFirewall\StandardProfile]

"EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Win dowsFirewall\DomainProfile]

"EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000