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When the Windows Firewall Service is disabled I cannot remote desktop (RDP) to the machine. Has anyone seen this? This is on Win7 64 Enterprise on a domain. Is it some sort of domain policy perhaps?

EDIT: Yes, when the firewall service is enabled, RDP works like a charm. I can also ping the system when the firewall service is on, but not when it is off. I am starting to suspect some sort of corporate imposed security policy, but GPedit hasn't really showed anything of significance.

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Does RDP work when the firewall service is enabled? In other words, does it ever work? – Chris_K May 5 '10 at 18:31
I agree with you that it's probably something weird happening on the domain. Ask your IT guys. – Shinrai Oct 5 '10 at 14:35
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I don't know the cause, but starting with Vista/2008, I have not been able to "fully open" a PC by disabling the firewall service. My standard practice now is to leave the service running but turn off the firewall via its configuration tool.

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Is it Remote Desktop enabled?

System Properties, Remote tab, bottom section. What do you have selected there?

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Yeah, and it works like a charm when the firewall service is on. – Matt May 5 '10 at 18:33
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