Windows 7 Disable firewall without blocking traffic


 * Note, illogically - turning the Win7 firewall off blocks everything

net stop mpssvc

You need to disable the firewall without stopping the service

netsh advf set allp state off

=Firewall locations= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\FirewallRules

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\FirewallRules

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SharedAccess\Defaults\FirewallPolicy

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SharedAccess\Defaults\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules