Hi, We have been having an intermittent problem on our domain with the Windows Firewall status being "Windows Firewall is not using the recommended settings" and blockign incoming RDP / AV Deployment etc... The solution we have is chancing the permissions on the following registry key to add "%COMPUTERNAME% NT SERVICE\MpsSvc" to Full Permissions "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Epoch" As soon as the permission for MpsSvc has been set clicking "Use recommended settings" works, and the firewall no longer blocks everything. Is there a solution for this? As it is becomign quite tedious to rectifty this problem. Regards, Simon

Hi, Thanks for posting in Microsoft TechNet forum. Do you happen to install any third-party firewall? Make sure that Windows Firewall and Windows Security Center are both configured correctly. Please visit the following KB for your reference in advance: Description of the relationship between Windows Firewall and Windows Security Center in Windows Vista BTW, you can use the following command to get the exact status of Windows Firewall: netsh firewall show state Best Regards Dale Qiao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

Dale, We do not have any third party firewalls installed on the network, we configure the Windows Firewall via Group Policy. If i can get another machine with this problem into my office by the end of the weke (identified one today) i will be sure to post what the state message says. Any suggestions apart from third party firewall? Simon

"The RPC Server is Unavailable" is what returns from netsh firewall show state I am going to re-add MpsSvc to the Epoch key and see if i can get a state then. Simon

Dale, I unmarked my post as the question was how can I automate this process \ prevent it from re-occuring as it has affected 15+ or our machines over the past 3 months. This issue re-occurs and it is impractical to manually at the MpsSvc account to the registry key entry each time. This is a local machine account so i dont think i can use GP Preferences to modifty the permissions on the key. Regards, Simon

Still awaiting a response on this... Simon

Guessing Technet Subscriber Support only applies to first response? Could really do with solving this issue, Simon

Am i going to have to open another request just to get a response? Simon

Did you get a response to this, Simon, as I have the same problem with a server?ICT Infrastructure Engineer/Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

Nope, nothing at all. Looks like i might have to open another request. If i do i will post in here the link to the new thread. Simon

I have Windows7 OS installed in my system. Since a third party firewall 'Zone Alarm' was installed in my system, i have been getting notification as 'windows firewall is not using the recommended settings' when the system is started each time. If i click on the icon then it turns green. But i need to do it each time, the system get started. How to solve this issue?