Where is the Windows GUI equivalent for this WMI firewall setting?

Posted: 01-20-2006, 09:59 PM

Jimmy B

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Can anyone please help me here? I've been looking for months a place in
Windows XP GUI itself where I can change this setting without using the
following script which opens the Windows firewall for WMI access.

Set objFirewall = CreateObject("HNetCfg.FwMgr")
Set objPolicy = objFirewall.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile
Set objAdminSettings = objPolicy.RemoteAdminSettings
objAdminSettings.Enabled = TRUE

Any ideas?

Thank you!

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Re: Where is the Windows GUI equivalent for this WMI firewall setting?

Posted: 01-21-2006, 02:56 PM

Group policy editor;

Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Windows
Firewall\Standard Profile

Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Windows Firewall\Domain
Profile

"Allow remote administration exception"

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"Jimmy B" wrote:
| Can anyone please help me here? I've been looking for months a place in
| Windows XP GUI itself where I can change this setting without using the
| following script which opens the Windows firewall for WMI access.
|
| Set objFirewall = CreateObject("HNetCfg.FwMgr")
| Set objPolicy = objFirewall.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile
| Set objAdminSettings = objPolicy.RemoteAdminSettings
| objAdminSettings.Enabled = TRUE
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Thank you!

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Re: Where is the Windows GUI equivalent for this WMI firewall setting?

Posted: 01-21-2006, 09:09 PM

Thanks for replying Mr. Patrick! That's if you're running in a domain
configuration, correct? I couldn't find it on my local XP machine which is
just part of a workgroup. I looked all over in Administrator Tools
including Local Security Policy, Component Services and Computer Management,
but I still couldn't find it.

And I looked in the exceptions for the Windows Firewall, but nothing was
immediately apparent.

Jim

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Re: Where is the Windows GUI equivalent for this WMI firewall setting?

Posted: 01-21-2006, 10:02 PM

"Jimmy B" wrote:
| Thanks for replying Mr. Patrick! That's if you're running in a domain
| configuration, correct?
* "Standard Profile" = non-domain (aka workgroup)
"Domain Profile" = domain environment

I couldn't find it on my local XP machine which is
| just part of a workgroup. I looked all over in Administrator Tools
| including Local Security Policy, Component Services and Computer
Management,
| but I still couldn't find it.
* Correct. Look in the group policy editor. gpedit.msc

| And I looked in the exceptions for the Windows Firewall, but nothing was
| immediately apparent.
* Yes, not there either.

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Re: Where is the Windows GUI equivalent for this WMI firewall setting?

Posted: 01-24-2006, 05:12 AM

Thank you. I did find it after running gpedit.msc. It's just this console
doesn't seem to be accessible any other way in Windows XP by default.

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Posted: 01-25-2006, 01:41 AM

You're welcome.

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"Jimmy B" wrote:
| Thank you. I did find it after running gpedit.msc. It's just this
console
| doesn't seem to be accessible any other way in Windows XP by default.

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