Option to turn off windows firewall greyed out

Our domain-connected Windows 7 computers are running with the Windows Firewall turned off. Some administrators want to be able to turn the Firewall on when connected to one specific VLAN, which is used by public-access computers.

However, the option to turn the firewall on under 'Domain network location settings' is greyed out, as is the settings for Home and Public Networks. When they open the Windows Firewall 'Customize Settings' window, a message appears at the top: For your security, some settings are managed by your system administrator. We have a group policy for domain user accounts that turns the firewall off while connected to the domain and on when the computer is off the domain.

What do I need to do to configure group policy so that Administrators can turn the firewall off or on at will, regardless of whether the computer is on or off of the domain? Edited by mdstewar Monday, May 14, PM. Monday, May 14, PM. Preference vs. Hello brother I have submit this problem to trouble fixers. I want to give lot more thanks to Rohit Khurana, who solved this problem. I am unable to solved this problem by Group policy Editor gpedit.

I am not cleared how to solved this by gpedit. So, please give more details how to solved this by gpedit. It means after going Standard Profile what should I do next. You mention that close group policy, but I close group policy after doing this, but not solved my problem. If your Firewall is not actyve use this method 1.

EXE if available, otherwise reboot , Windows Firewall ist disabled now…. Kudos to Rohit Khurana for the post above solving the issues of a greyed out firewall option. Click the Change settings button.

You can now make changes to your Windows Firewall settings. Note: If the Change settings button is still greyed out, your administrator may have disabled the option for you to change the settings.

Contact your administrator for help with this. If you are the administrator for the computer, restart Windows and log in with your administrator account, then follow the steps above. Symptoms When you try to change your Windows Firewall settings, the options are greyed out and you can't make any changes.

To fix this, follow these steps: Click the Start button, then type Windows Firewall in the Search box. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. A subscription to help make the most of your time.