From: yadayada@blah.blah   
      
   Odd . . . I would think that if you went into the Control Panel>Windows   
   Firewall and just turn it off and install something like ZoneAlarm . . .   
      
   but if you need to screw up your computer more . . . you can access the   
   Group Policy Editor by clicking START>RUN and type gpedit.msc then click   
   enter or OK   
      
   --   
   Chuck   
      
   "pyotr filipivich"  wrote in message   
   news:dve9731ht71nad81fga4fd92e144rgjicv@4ax.com...   
   > Greetings   
   >   
   > the firewall is down, and the only reason Microsoft can give is that it   
   > involves a group policy.  Unfortunately, the rest must be presumed to be   
   > "obvious" as there is nothing in the "help" files about what one is, or   
   > how to set, reset, or change one.   
   > The tech support center is really cool, and must be useful for   
   > something, but, again, I can't find anything about what sets group   
   > policy or how do I change it.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile, MS Firewall is off, disabled, non-functional, disinclined   
   > to acquiesce, and pining for the fords of Redmond.  Which wouldn't be so   
   > bad, but EzTrust's firewall which I had been running is also gone a   
   > cropper.  Nothing like being told I need to reinstall the software, but   
   > the software doesn't want to install.  But that's a separate issue.   
   >   
   > So what is a group policy, and how is it changed?   
   >   
   > Running Win Xp with Service Pack 2.   
   > pyotr   
   > --   
   > pyotr filipivich   
   > "If once a man indulges himself in Murder, very soon he comes   
   > to think little of Robbing, and from Robbing he comes next to   
   > Drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to Incivility and   
   > Procrastination."   T. De Quincy (1785-1859) "Murder Considered As One of   
   > the Fine Arts"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)