Comments on: Cannot Turn ON / OFF Windows Firewall – Firewall Options Greyed Out http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/ All about fixing computer troubles Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:09:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Donna Reynolds http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3978 Donna Reynolds Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:09:40 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3978 Kudos to Rohit Khurana for the post above solving the issues of a greyed out firewall option. I have have Windows XP Home Edition. I had virus that was very hard to get rid of and in the process turned off my firewall. The process of deleting the string from the regedit fixed my problem in less than 5 minutes. Thanks again! Kudos to Rohit Khurana for the post above solving the issues of a greyed out firewall option. I have have Windows XP Home Edition. I had virus that was very hard to get rid of and in the process turned off my firewall. The process of deleting the string from the regedit fixed my problem in less than 5 minutes.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Mumeet http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3361 Mumeet Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:08:28 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3361 A Big Thanx To aurimasis His Method Works Successfully . U Have To Do Only This If Ur Windows Firewall Turns Grey And U R Unable To On Or Off 1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter key 2. Navigate To the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsFirewall 3. Delete all WindowsFirewall catalog Thats all Restart Your Computer And Enjoy A Big Thanx To aurimasis His Method Works Successfully .
U Have To Do Only This If Ur Windows Firewall Turns Grey And U R Unable To On Or Off

1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter key

2. Navigate To the following path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsFirewall

3. Delete all WindowsFirewall catalog

Thats all Restart Your Computer

And Enjoy

]]> By: Willi http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3342 Willi Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:09:40 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3342 @Sarfaraj Khan: "It means after going Standard Profile what should I do next" Open the item "Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections", choose the option "Disabled" and click "OK". Finally, run GPUPDATE.EXE (if available, otherwise reboot), Windows Firewall ist disabled now... Regards Willi @Sarfaraj Khan:

“It means after going Standard Profile what should I do next”

Open the item “Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections”, choose the option “Disabled” and click “OK”.

Finally, run GPUPDATE.EXE (if available, otherwise reboot), Windows Firewall ist disabled now…

Regards
Willi

]]> By: aurimasis http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3031 aurimasis Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:16:51 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-3031 If your Firewall is not actyve use this method 1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter key 2. Navigate To the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsFirewall 3. Delete all WindowsFirewall catalog Thats all Restart Your Computer If your Firewall is not actyve use this method
1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter key

2. Navigate To the following path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsFirewall

3. Delete all WindowsFirewall catalog

Thats all Restart Your Computer

]]> By: Sarfaraj Khan http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2926 Sarfaraj Khan Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:20:57 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2926 Hello brother I have submit this problem to trouble fixers. I want to give lot more thanks to Rohit Khurana, who solved this problem. I am unable to solved this problem by Group policy Editor(gpedit.msc). I am not cleared how to solved this by gpedit.msc. So, please give more details how to solved this by gpedit.msc. You not clear this method that what should we do after going this step " Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Network >> Network Connections >> Windows Firewall >> Standard Profile " It means after going Standard Profile what should I do next. You mention that close group policy, but I close group policy after doing this, but not solved my problem. So at last I use " regedit " method and I success to solved this problem. So, please mention more gpedit.msc method. Thank you. Date 17.04.2009 Hello brother I have submit this problem to trouble fixers. I want to give lot more thanks to Rohit Khurana, who solved this problem. I am unable to solved this problem by Group policy Editor(gpedit.msc). I am not cleared how to solved this by gpedit.msc. So, please give more details how to solved this by gpedit.msc. You not clear this method that what should we do after going this step ” Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Network >> Network Connections >> Windows Firewall >> Standard Profile ”

It means after going Standard Profile what should I do next. You mention that close group policy, but I close group policy after doing this, but not solved my problem. So at last I use ” regedit ” method and I success to solved this problem.

So, please mention more gpedit.msc method.

Thank you.
Date 17.04.2009

]]> By: Santosh http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2923 Santosh Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:12:46 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2923 Dear Sir, I have Purchased a compaq laptop with preinstalled windows Vista, but I want to install windows XP and when I boot my Laptop using Windows XP Bootable CD it does not detect the Hardisk. Please Help Me Santosh Dear Sir,

I have Purchased a compaq laptop with preinstalled windows
Vista, but I want to install windows XP and when I boot my
Laptop using Windows XP Bootable CD it does not detect the Hardisk.

Please Help Me

Santosh

]]> By: vinod http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2882 vinod Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:26:21 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2882 hi vinod here. i just wanna to know why dump error(blue screen) occurs in win xp and how to remove it. please give solution. hi vinod here. i just wanna to know why dump error(blue screen)
occurs in win xp and how to remove it. please give solution.

]]> By: Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shedeed http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2876 Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shedeed Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:13:21 +0000 http://www.troublefixers.com/cannot-turn-on-off-windows-firewall-firewall-options-greyed-out/#comment-2876 New datum , thanks. New datum , thanks.

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