no rdc to client machine can't disable firewall

have sbs2003, all clients running xp sp2, office 2003. also have fortigate
firewall so am not worried about disabling xp firewall. I can VPN into the
server and RDC with no problems. But I have 2 clients who need to RDC from
home and am having issues with those connections.(fortigate is configed
correctly) When I lok at the client machines the firewall cannot be disabled,
it is greyed out. I would like to turn it off for troubleshooting reasons. I
have tryed locally and as DC admin. all still greyed out. Is this something
the sbs2003 server is asigning to the client machines and can I stop it. any
help would be great thanks Ed

In news:0D713C82-4A7C-4F47-8AB5-(E-Mail Removed),
D_tek <(E-Mail Removed)> stated, which I commented on below:
> have sbs2003, all clients running xp sp2, office 2003. also have
> fortigate firewall so am not worried about disabling xp firewall. I
> can VPN into the server and RDC with no problems. But I have 2
> clients who need to RDC from home and am having issues with those
> connections.(fortigate is configed correctly) When I lok at the
> client machines the firewall cannot be disabled, it is greyed out. I
> would like to turn it off for troubleshooting reasons. I have tryed
> locally and as DC admin. all still greyed out. Is this something the
> sbs2003 server is asigning to the client machines and can I stop it.
> any help would be great thanks Ed


You mean RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol.

Controlling the client firewall is a default part of SBS' AD GPO. YOu can
look in the users' GPO for these settings. You can alter it and allow RDP
from other IP subnets, etc.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

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