I have heard a statement today froma savvy Windows 7 admin, that Windows 7 runs in the background even when you turn it off via GPO (Do not protect connections). Is this correct? How about when you turn off the service?

How about when you turn off the service? if you turn the service off, the firewall is completely disabled."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

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