I did a quick scan using Antispyware Beta, cleaned some
adware out, but upon rebooting I got an icon in the system
tray warning me that the Windows Firewall was turned off.
I attempted to turn it on again and it gave me the error
"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) service". I tried using System
Restore but it failed to restore it to where I wanted it
to. I reinstalled SP2 but that didn't work either. I
isntalled Norton Internet Security instead to use as a
firewall but I would rather use Windows Firewall. My next
step is to repair Windows XP but there has to be a quicker
fix. Any clues?

Thanks -- Ian

Yes--there's a Microsoft KB article specifically about this issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

Be assured that Microsoft is aware that this experience is not what users
want from the removal process. This behavior will probably be modified in
later releases.
--
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.txt

"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I did a quick scan using Antispyware Beta, cleaned some
> adware out, but upon rebooting I got an icon in the system
> tray warning me that the Windows Firewall was turned off.
> I attempted to turn it on again and it gave me the error
> "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
> Connection Sharing (ICS) service". I tried using System
> Restore but it failed to restore it to where I wanted it
> to. I reinstalled SP2 but that didn't work either. I
> isntalled Norton Internet Security instead to use as a
> firewall but I would rather use Windows Firewall. My next
> step is to repair Windows XP but there has to be a quicker
> fix. Any clues?
>
> Thanks -- Ian

Windows firewall will not protect as well as ZoneAlarm,
even the free version from Zonelabs.com, considered by
many to be the best. You may consider keeping it turned
off.

>-----Original Message-----
>I did a quick scan using Antispyware Beta, cleaned some
>adware out, but upon rebooting I got an icon in the
system
>tray warning me that the Windows Firewall was turned
off.
>I attempted to turn it on again and it gave me the error
>"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
>Connection Sharing (ICS) service". I tried using System
>Restore but it failed to restore it to where I wanted it
>to. I reinstalled SP2 but that didn't work either. I
>isntalled Norton Internet Security instead to use as a
>firewall but I would rather use Windows Firewall. My
next
>step is to repair Windows XP but there has to be a
quicker
>fix. Any clues?
>
>Thanks -- Ian
>.
>

Hi, Pat!
There are some differences, though:
ZoneAlarm is free for individual and not-for-profit
charitable entity use (excluding governmental entities
and educational institutions).
Ad-Aware:
License permits you to use one copy of the Software
solely for your internal, non-commercial, operations
on a single computer.
Just two examples.
For home use (on ONE machine), of course, no problems.
But even very small office needs to buy licenses.
Regards - Kaspars
>-----Original Message-----
Windows firewall will not protect as well as ZoneAlarm,
even the free version from Zonelabs.com, considered by
many to be the best. You may consider keeping it turned
off.

>-----Original Message-----
>I did a quick scan using Antispyware Beta, cleaned some
>adware out, but upon rebooting I got an icon in the
system
>tray warning me that the Windows Firewall was turned
off.
>I attempted to turn it on again and it gave me the error
>"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
>Connection Sharing (ICS) service". I tried using System
>Restore but it failed to restore it to where I wanted it
>to. I reinstalled SP2 but that didn't work either. I
>isntalled Norton Internet Security instead to use as a
>firewall but I would rather use Windows Firewall. My
next
>step is to repair Windows XP but there has to be a
quicker
>fix. Any clues?
>
>Thanks -- Ian