Andy, You can disable the firewall along with notifications via these reg keys: ========================START=================== Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile] "DoNotAllowExceptions"=dword:00000000 "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000 "DisableNotifications"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile] "DoNotAllowExceptions"=dword:00000000 "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000 "DisableNotifications"=dword:00000001 =================END============================ -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Wolstenholme Sent: 11 May 2005 16:54 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] XP firewall Chaps, am now looking for way to turn XP sp2 firewall off after completing a series of patch updates via batch script. There seems to be a few different ways out there, can anyone recomend any? regards ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm