Backup up Windows Firewall Configuration

Will wrote:
> Once I have a Windows Firewall configuration I like, how can I back
> this up and apply it to other Windows XP computers without using
> group policy?
>
> And in a related question, how can I then create a group policy
> object from that configuration and use it to distribute the
> configuration automatically?

Why would you not just configure the settings using group policy directly?

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The info in the link below may help. Also a lot of the settings are kept
under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy
of which you could try exporting the key to a .reg file.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/47f25d7d-882b-4...-b05f-3



"Will" <westes-usc DeleteThis @noemail.nospam> wrote in message
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> Once I have a Windows Firewall configuration I like, how can I back this
> up
> and apply it to other Windows XP computers without using group policy?
>
> And in a related question, how can I then create a group policy object
> from
> that configuration and use it to distribute the configuration
> automatically?
>
> --
> Will
>
>
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