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611415 2007-11-14 06:42:00 Hi to you people,

The windows firewall in my pc ( acting as a RADIUS server in a domain) is inactive. I can't make it either on or off- the ON and OFF buttons are not active. At the bottom it says "windows firewall is using your non-domain settings".

Please help me how to make it active.
thanks
mezwill (13012)
611416 2007-11-14 06:57:00 According to this (www.microsoft.com s&tid=1e7467c8-a98d-417e-b103-f459b17dcde9&p=1)

You have to go to control panel / admin tools / services.

And change Network Location Awareness to Automatic. Its normally on Manual in XP.

Then reboot
Speedy Gonzales (78)
611417 2007-11-15 06:25:00 Thank you Speedy Gonzales,
it helped me at first but when I log on the next day it still says "windows firewall is using your non-domain settings". how can i change it permanently to my domain settings?
mezwill (13012)
611418 2007-11-15 06:28:00 Pass did it stay on automatic?

Is is still on Automatic?

As it says it should say there, once you change it from Manual to auto.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
611419 2007-11-15 07:41:00 yes, the NLA properties startup type says Automatic. ( It didn't change since I changed it to automatic from manual yesterday). I wonder why windows firewall is still using non-domain settings! mezwill (13012)
611420 2007-11-15 08:00:00 What version of Windows is it? If its XP or 2003, is SP2 or 3 installed? Speedy Gonzales (78)
611421 2007-11-15 08:33:00 Have you tried a gpupdate.exe /force and what is your domain policy set at? berryb (99)
611422 2007-11-15 10:57:00 It is microsoft windows server 2003, enterprise edition with SP1.

I havn't tried gpupdate.exe/force because I don't really know what it is.
mezwill (13012)
611423 2007-11-15 20:55:00 I would update it to SP2 .

Depending on whether you're using the 32 bit ( . microsoft . com/downloads/details . aspx?FamilyID=95ac1610-c232-4644-b828-c55eec605d55&DisplayLang=en" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com)

Or 64 bit version ( . microsoft . com/downloads/details . aspx?familyid=08FEC2F5-6E3B-4E0D-9314-646414D0A421&displaylang=en" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com)

Theyre not small tho, ones 372 mb, the other 350 mb

If u do decide to update, read this first ( . microsoft . com/WindowsServer/en/library/ed5382af-e819-4d33-ace0-225d31b7ab751033 . mspx?mfr=true" target="_blank">technet2 . microsoft . com)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
611424 2007-11-15 22:49:00 After re-reading your post ( acting as a RADIUS server in a domain) I'd say don't worry about it. Keep it as is. It is not needed. berryb (99)
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