Windows Firewall/ICS service

I am having a hard time disabling the windows firewall/ICS service. Noticed
other posts mentioning the same issue, but have yet to see a solution that
works for me. To recap, even when not including windows firewall/ICS and the
firewall controll components, the service is still running once the image
starts. I do not see the component in the slx file (apologize in advance, I
will not be able to provide the slx for examination). Also tried the
following, but the windows firewall/ics service still shows up as started
when viewed with the component services admin tool:
- leaving the image in and just disabling i
- netsh firewall set opmode disable

Found the following suggestion/registry key setting:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SharedAccess\Start=0x4
(believe 0x4 means service disabled). Using this does kill the service, but
am unsure if it has any other side effects. Also unclear as to what Looking
for thoughts.

Thanks in advance,

Lloyd