Can anyone tell me how I could go about turning off Windows Firewall on all the PCs on my network remotely? I am an Administrator of the network here, & need to turn the Windows Firewall off on all of the machines on the network. I'm assuming there's a better solution than going around to the almost 200+ PCs, logging on as admin, and turning it off. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Is this quiz serious or a prank? Turning off XP FW is the most elementary procedures that any qualified IT administrator can do blindfolded. i_XpUser

I am well aware of how to turn off Windows Firewall. If you took the time to read my question you would see that I am asking how to do it REMOTELY. The Windows Firewall cannot be managed remotely (Microsoft suggests trying a computer startup script - refer to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept05/hey0916.mspx). Since i'm not too good with scripting i'm looking for some help here. HENCE MY QUESTION.

I doubt you could do it remotely otherwise it would defy all the security features built into Windows XP. i_XpUser

Here's the solution... As I wrote earlier, Microsoft suggests trying a computer startup script to turn it off. For anyone who may need help doing this, here's how to assign computer startup scripts: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/gptext_assigncomputerstartupscripts.mspx I tried this out on a test OU & every machine under it had its firewall turned off after rebooting.

Can you post the script here so that I can learn from it too? i_XpUser

As XP User says it does defy logic to disable it remotely. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/depfwset/wfsp2ngp.mspx Take a look at the aove link and scroll down to "Disabling the Use of Windows Firewall Across Your Network" Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.