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Change Windows Firewall status on Standard profile.

This setting lets you change the status of the firewall. The status may be forcefully turned on or off.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003

Description:

Windows Firewall increases the security of the users’ system. It helps protect your computer by preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network.

The Standard Profile of Windows Firewall should be used when you are working on a stand-alone PC or on a network in home or small office environment. In this case you should force that Firewall is always turned on. Turning off the Firewall may make the computer more vulnerable to viruses and intruders, since the environment is not secured.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “EnableFirewall” in the right panel, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify its value to “1” which can forcefully turn on Windows Firewall. However, if you want to turn the option off, change the value data to “0” or delete the value name to customize Firewall manually.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

EnableFirewall

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The Windows Firewall is forcefully enabled when the value is set to "1".

The Windows Firewall is forcefully disabled when the value is set to "0".

The Windows Firewall status can be changed manually.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Now, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\] and right-click on the 'EnableFirewall' DWORD value and select 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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