[BC] Windows XP firewall

[Tom Taggart]

Have an automation machine which is either Windows XP or XP media center  
(not sure if we have XP pro installed on that or not--not at the machine.   
Media center is not XP-home.).

The Windows firewall needs to be disabled since we use PC anywhere for  
when the automation misbehaves and there is no-one at the station.  
However, even if disabled the Firewall likes to turn itself back on.

Any cure for this? I found one solution that would have you disable the  
firewall, then run "CMD" from the start menu, then instruct the machine to  
"sc delete windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing" (which supposedly  
uninstalls the firewall)

Any hazards with this procedure? (We have a Norton firewall on the machine  
connected to the DSL, this machine sees internet only through the  
network.) Does it work?

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