If you are running Windows XP SP2 you can use the new netsh command in a script for example: netsh firewall set opmode mode=DISABLE JK Andy Wolstenholme wrote: thanks chaps, much appreciated >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============================ > > >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 >