Is it possible to use a VBscript file to turn the Windows XP firewall on and
off?
Regards
Marius

Re: Turning the Windows XP firewall on and off by Torgeir

Torgeir
Wed Dec 03 11:27:15 CST 2003

Marius from Rome wrote:

> Is it possible to use a VBscript file to turn the Windows XP firewall on and
> off?

Hi

The VBScript in the link below demonstrates how to enable Internet Connection
Firewall on a connection, change the line
"EveryConnection.EnableInternetFirewall" to
"EveryConnection.DisableInternetFirewall" to let it disable instead of enable.

Platform SDK: Internet Connection Sharing and Internet Connection Firewall
Enabling Internet Connection Firewall (VBScript)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ics/ics/enabling_internet_connection_firewall_vbscript_.asp

Note that when running this script it will pop up a warning box where the user
needs to select between cancel or continue , and it doesn't look like it is
possible to suppress this warning box...



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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter