Remotely Disable Firewall

[ernie99]

Hi everyone, I'd appreciate your advice on the following.

 

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box running on my home network. I recently changed the network topology and thus changed the IP address of the Windows 2008 server network adapter in the adapter properties. I then neatly stored all my hardware in a cupboard out of sight.

 

The problem is that I didn't check the remote access settings of the server before I stored it. Since I have changed the IP address I can't remote access it (I could before). I assume this is because the firewall has not been correctly configured to account for the IP address change. I am able to access the shared folders on the server so it is working and accessible on the network.

 

Does anyone know if it is possible to remotely disable the firewall on the server so that I can get onto it and configure it correctly? I've tried Server Manager but can't use that as a firewall exception has not been setup for it. I do have remote access to the servers registry so I thought it may be possible to disable it via the registry? Any suggestions would be much appreciated as hauling the server out of storage in order to connect it up to a monitor for console access is a major undertaking.

 

Many thanks for your help.

[ICTCity]

You can try this:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile

 

This is the path for XP, so the best thing is to find a the dword value in HKLM:

The Reg_DWORD value EnableFirewall can be edited to 0.

[ernie99]

Working now! Thank you for your help.