How can we enforce that theWindows Vista Firewall is turned on for all network connections and remains in that state? If there is no way to prevent it being turned off, how do we go about turning it back on for all network connections. At the very least check and repair every 10 minutes. I could not find a policy to enforce the above rule, is there one? Can there be one?

you can apply a group policy and the firewall will stay that way for ever

To add to Jay's comments, take a look at thedescription for Firewall Profilesat: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/9428d113-ade8-4dbe-ac05-6ef10a6dd7a51033.mspx?mfr=true Hope this helps. Thanks!