Disable firewall from regestry settings in windows XP SP2

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I need a regestry hack to disable the firewall in windows XP SP2.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
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KB wrote:

> I need a regestry hack to disable the firewall in windows XP SP2.
> Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

You don't need to do this in the registry. Just disable the service.
Start>Run services.msc [enter] and scroll down to the Windows Firewall
Service. Stop it and disable it.

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Is there a special reason why you want to accomplish this by such means?

"KB" <KB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I need a regestry hack to disable the firewall in windows XP SP2.
> Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
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In article <zenBd.657569$%k.170869@pd7tw2no>, th54@hotmail.com says...
> Is there a special reason why you want to accomplish this by such means?

I'm not the OP, but I disable it on every managed DOMAIN member at every
client - the damn thing is a pain in the arse when it comes to providing
remote support.

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