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