Firewall - unable to "disable"

I have 2 laptops with XP SP2, joined to the company domain. My win server
2003 SBE group policy allows client to enable\disable the firewall. Problem
is I am not able to do so for these 2 laptops (the options is greyed off with
"enabled" been selected). Also there is a statement at the bottom of the
dialog box that says "Windows firewall is using your non-domain settings".
How can I enable the selection ?

My other computers allow me the select the option and has the statement
"Windows firewall is using your domain settings"

Pls help.

Thanks & Happy New Year

Poh Yan

In news:83C86BAE-23A2-4E5F-94E3-393A481B8C3C@microsoft.com,
kpy <kpy@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I have 2 laptops with XP SP2, joined to the company domain. My win
> server 2003 SBE group policy allows client to enable\disable the
> firewall. Problem is I am not able to do so for these 2 laptops (the
> options is greyed off with "enabled" been selected). Also there is a
> statement at the bottom of the dialog box that says "Windows firewall
> is using your non-domain settings". How can I enable the selection ?
>
> My other computers allow me the select the option and has the
> statement "Windows firewall is using your domain settings"
>
> Pls help.
>
> Thanks & Happy New Year
>
> Poh Yan

Try running gpresult in a command prompt (or start | run | rsop.msc) and
also look for errors in your event logs.
Might want to post in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs for more help with
this.

Note - I suggest you leave the firewall enabled at all times, whether on or
off the LAN. You can set up exceptions as needed....