The Network location feature in Windows Vista is really just an easy way to customize Vistas firewall, based on if you trust (Private) or don’t trust (Public) the computers around you. In reality there are three Network Location settings Private, Public and Domain. The domain setting you don’t really need to worry about as it is configured for business/enterprise PCs that are on an Active Directory Domain, if your PC is on an Active Directory Domain then you won’t be able to change the Network Location Setting, if it’s not on a Domain it won’t affect you at all.
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