Firewall settings can also be defined via group policy. Either local group policies with the program gpedit.msc, or remotely via active directory on a domain controller.
Those firewall settings from group policy are also shown, but cannot be modified in the windows firweall settings.
The also cannot be seen in the expected place in rsop.msc. Instead they are there in Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Extra Registry Settings (at least this is where I see them in Windows 7). They are in a text string which is difficult to interpret, but at least rsop tell which group policy they are coming from.
Start
, typeServices
, right click it, andRun As Administrator
. You can then stop the serviceWindows Firewall
even when group policy won't let you through the GUI. Remember to turn it back on when you've done what you needed. Link: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/…