You want to stop the IPSec policies on your computer. Which is the first command you will execute at the command prompt?
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Net stop remoteaccess
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Net stop policyagent
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Net stop IPSecpolicy
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Net stop remoteaccess IPSec policy
The IPsec Policy Agent (policyagent) is the Windows service that manages IPSec policies. To stop IPSec policies, you use the net stop command with the service name policyagent. This is the correct service name in Windows for IPSec policy management.
IPSec policy enforcement on Windows (2000/XP/2003-era) is carried out by the "IPSEC Policy Agent" service (internal name PolicyAgent), which reads and applies whatever IPSec policy is assigned via Group Policy or the local IP Security Policy console, and negotiates security associations via IKE. To stop IPSec filtering from being enforced, Microsoft's own guidance (e.g. KB articles on turning off IPSec filtering) is to stop this service directly with net stop policyagent. "Net stop remoteaccess" instead stops the Routing and Remote Access service, which manages RRAS/VPN/dial-up connections — a related but distinct service that does not control IPSec policy enforcement itself. Since PolicyAgent is the service that actually applies IPSec policy, it must be the first (and primary) service stopped to disable IPSec policies.