Firewall Windows - have no option to turn on.

I have Windows XP with SP3. My "windows security alerts" icon has a red top 'X'. I click on it, and the "windows Security Center" said that my firewall is turned off. I click on the "Windows Firewall" link at the bottom of the "windows security center" which takes me to the "windows firewall" pop up. The option for "On (recommended)" is "grayed out" and does not allow me to click on it. How can I activate my windows firewall? Don't know how to see if there are other firewalls on my system. Thank you, Brian

Do you have XP Pro?

If so, Windows Firewall can be inhibited by group policy.

Start the Group Policy Editor:
Start-> Run-> "gpedit.msc".

Then go to:

Local computer policy-> computer-> administration-> network model Configuration->
Connections-> Windows Firewall network-> domain profile and Standard profile

Find and double-click on "Windows Firewall: protect all network connections" and set it accordingly.

HTH,
JW

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