Does the spyware inactivate the microsoft firewall

's Computer Specifications

I installed the Beta spyware from Microsoft but noticed
after that my microsoft firewall has been inactivated.
tried to turn it on but it won't. Has this happened to
anybody.

's Computer Specifications

If you are running Windows XP, Service Pack 2:

At a command prompt, type:

netsh winsock reset

hit enter
restart machine.

For earlier XP versions, or Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, use this KB
article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;817571

"Catherine" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:245101c4f8bd$47ea47a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I installed the Beta spyware from Microsoft but noticed
> after that my microsoft firewall has been inactivated.
> tried to turn it on but it won't. Has this happened to
> anybody.

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