File and Print Sharing Group Policy

[gollops]

Hi, in order to run our shutdown program from the server to all our computers every evening we need "File and Printer Sharing" enabled on the client machines.I have enabled this through Group Policy.
On the client machines Firewall setting exceptions "File and Print Sharing" is now listed twice, once for Group Policy which is ticked as an exception and another entry which is not ticked.This seems to override my Group Policy as sharing is switched off. Once I manually switch File sharing on,on the client machine my shut down program will then get through and switch the machine off. Have spent several days not getting very far!
Any ideas why my group policy seems to be being ignored ?

Judy

[ekgurney]

I'm having the same issue. Just wondering if you ever found a solution?

Thanks,
Eric