preventing Vista Firewall from beeing disabled by users

[h.small]

Hi,

exists a way to prevent users from disabling the Firewall built in Vista? In
the group policies I found only the options to define rules for in and out
going traffic but no hint for aktivating the FW.

I´ll be happy for any help!
Thanks
H. Small

 

[PA Bear]

Vista-specific newsgroups include:

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_account
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org

h.small wrote:
> Hi,
>
> exists a way to prevent users from disabling the Firewall built in Vista?
> In
> the group policies I found only the options to define rules for in and out
> going traffic but no hint for aktivating the FW.
>
> I´ll be happy for any help!
> Thanks
> H. Small

 

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

Did you look at the explain text for the policy
Windows Firewall : protect all network connections
which begins
Turns on Windows Firewall,

The setting has been around since XP SP2 introduced the
upgraded firewall and is not Vista specific.

Roger

"h.small" <hsmall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2BD91103-4FAE-4E07-9FEE-18DA7AB3D0D6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> exists a way to prevent users from disabling the Firewall built in Vista?
> In
> the group policies I found only the options to define rules for in and out
> going traffic but no hint for aktivating the FW.
>
> I´ll be happy for any help!
> Thanks
> H. Small

 

[Steve Riley [MSFT]]

Only administrators can disable the firewall. If your users run as standard
user, not as administrator, then they can't disable it.

--
Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com


"Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:ud4LxBw7HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Did you look at the explain text for the policy
> Windows Firewall : protect all network connections
> which begins
> Turns on Windows Firewall,
>
> The setting has been around since XP SP2 introduced the
> upgraded firewall and is not Vista specific.
>
> Roger
>
> "h.small" <hsmall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2BD91103-4FAE-4E07-9FEE-18DA7AB3D0D6@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> exists a way to prevent users from disabling the Firewall built in Vista?
>> In
>> the group policies I found only the options to define rules for in and
>> out
>> going traffic but no hint for aktivating the FW.
>>
>> I´ll be happy for any help!
>> Thanks
>> H. Small
>
>