[isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
- From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:23:24 -0800
Is that like wrapping a towel around your head to avoid the gaze of the
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal?
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On 12/15/06 9:08 AM, "Amy Babinchak" <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
spoketh to all:
> What I end up doing is hiding the client from the users. If they can¹t see it,
> they won¹t make the effort to disable it.
>
>
> Amy Babinchak
> Harbor Computer Services
>
>
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> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:56 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> Nope, doesn¹t look like it. From a configuration standpoint, it doesn¹t
> appear to be all that much different than the old version.
> Here is one way you could do that though:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2004/plan/troubleshooting_fwc.mspx#Users
>
>
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> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of D PIETRUSZKA USWRN INTERLINK INFRA ASST MGR
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:49 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> Tell me please that the new version include a way to don¹t allow the users to
> disable the client.
>
>
> Regards
> Diego R. Pietruszka
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:45 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> Sorry, those questions weren¹t necessarily for you, just ones I was thinking
> of at the time?
>
> As another option, (while testing this more before implantation) I discovered
> that the fwctool is now included in the FWC installation (used to be a
> separate download). Using that, you can make almost all the settings changes
> via command-line. This might be a smoother way to force the settings back on.
>
> I guess I¹ll have to do more testing?
>
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of D PIETRUSZKA USWRN INTERLINK INFRA ASST MGR
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:37 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> 1) Please be aware that I have firewall client 2004, I don¹t know if the new
> one is still using the same folder name.
> 2) Windows XP 32bits and 64bits, and Windows 2003 EE 32bits and 64bits use the
> same folder.
> 3) Not planning to migrate
>
>
> Regards
> Diego R. Pietruszka
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:27 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> Thanks, I just found that same information. It took me (us) awhile to figure
> out the right words to search on?
>
> Anyways, I found two reasonably good articles on this:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2004/plan/troubleshooting_fwc.mspx
> http://www.internetaccessmonitor.com/eng/support/docs/isaserver/SR_C_CfgFWClie
> nt.php
>
> It looks like a common.ini file with this info in the All Users area will do
> the trick:
> [Common]
> Disable=0
> Autodetection=1
>
> After reading these articles, I think if I copy this file to the ³All Users²
> area during the startup process, and then delete the matching files in the
> %userprofile% area during the login process it will recreate the user setting
> from the ³All Users² generic settings?
>
> The next questions are:
> 1. Why is the newest version still using the folder name of ³Firewall Client
> 2004²?
> 2. Is this the same folder name that will be created regardless of ISA version
> or OS version?
> 3. What will happen in Vista when the Documents and Settings folders are being
> phased out? (I¹ve had mixed success with this so far.)
>
>
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of D PIETRUSZKA USWRN INTERLINK INFRA ASST MGR
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:02 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> If I¹m not wrong it is
>
> %HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Firewall Client
> 2004\common.ini
>
>
> Regards
> Diego R. Pietruszka
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:55 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> Anyone know where the settings for the FWC are stored on the local computer?
> I¹d like to find a way to force all FWCs to the ³enabled² mode. I still
> haven¹t found a common denominator on why a bunch of them are defaulting to
> ³disabled².
>
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:34 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> I haven¹t tried it with Vista yet, our lab is in use today.
>
> However, I did push it out to the XP workstations, and a significant number of
> them are defaulting to the FWC being disabled by default, which is causing a
> bit of a problem?
>
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Steve Moffat
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:29 PM
> To: ISA Mailing List
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Vista Firewall Client
>
> Got it?had to add it to the allowed program list in Vista Firewall??manually?.
>
>
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Steve Moffat
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:10 PM
> To: ISA Mailing List
> Subject: [isalist] Vista Firewall Client
>
> Has anyone got it to work successfully with Vista yet???? As soon as I install
> it?all network connectivity stops?including local.
>
> S
>
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