Windows group policies help

[Faz]

I've got a mates laptop to fix, it had various viruses and ad/spy ware. I have cleaned this up but the windows firewall is switched off and cannot be switched on as it is being controlled by "group policies" is there a way i can change this policy to enable the firewall.

It's running winxp home.

I've tried to start in in services, but it still won't enable.

Any one any ideas apart from a re install?

Cheers

Faz

 

[Faz]

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately gpedit is not recognised

Maybe it's because Robert is my father

 

[Faz]

using XP Home then? Try opening "My Computer", to to Tools, Folder Options, View and tick "show hidden files and folders" and untick "hide protected system files". Go to "C:\Windows\System32 and move the "GroupPolicy" folder somewhere else i.e. your desktop. open a command prompt and type "gpupdate /force". Not sure if this will work on an XP Home machine but worth a try. Of course the next question is how did it get group policy applied to it in the first place!

There's no group policy folder lol.

He bought it of the company he used to work for, could it have been set up by them?

 

[Faz]

Thanks for the help gents.

I've tried the registry changes as per symantecs web site and it's still the same.

In services, it says the firewll is started, I've tried stopping it and re starting it but no change on the group policy message.