Windows registry firewall settings

Thanks Jay. I did notice that a while ago but never uodated it. Thanks for reminding me, have uodated it now. Skip to content Sometimes you need to include exceptions to your local desktop firewall but you only have pseudo localadmin access.

Like this: Like Loading Published by Nick Singh. Next Post Solaris Performance Metrics. I additionally attempted to undertake a Remote Desktop session while both settings were in place. The outcomes were consistent with the description of the above Firewall Rules. When the network was configured as private, I was unable to establish a connection, and when it was configured as public, I was able to establish a Remote Desktop session. At this point my hypothesis was that the value of the Category key corresponded to the Network Category of a network profile.

That is:. Of course, this hypothesis could be wrong: what if what I was observing was just one of many configurations occurring as a result of the powershell command? Accordingly, I undertook an experiment to confirm both these interpretations of the values, and their application of the corresponding firewall rules. I manually edited only the Category key of corresponding Network Profile and set it to 0.

I restarted the Windows Firewall Service, at which point, I saw the Network and Sharing Centre applet immediately update to indicate that the network was now a Public Network. I attempted to establish a Remote Desktop session, which failed.

I then manually edited the Category key and set it to 1. I restarted the Windows Firewall Service, at which point, I saw the Network and Sharing Centre applet immediately update to indicate that the network was now a Private Network. I attempted to establish a Remote Desktop session, which succeeded.

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