Problems with Windows Firewall now

Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some time. Now I have a
security warning in the system tray saying the firewall won't load.

When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says it can't turn it on
and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to turn it on here, I
get a message saying:

"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service."

The only thing that I have done to the system was I installed the beta of
the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem started after I
installed and ran this successfully. I have subsequently removed it, but it
has not fixed the problem.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Rlittleson,

You need to reset your Winsock.(Go to command prompt and then type the
command "Netsh winsock reset"). This has worked on a number of machines
I have come across and hopefully may work in this instance.

Though if you do get it fixed, I'd still advise to use a dedicated
software firewall rather than the built in XP firewall.

Regards,
Paperghost
www.vitalsecurity.org

rlittleson wrote:
> Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some time. Now I have a
> security warning in the system tray saying the firewall won't load.
>
> When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says it can't turn it on
> and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to turn it on here, I
> get a message saying:
>
> "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
> service."
>
> The only thing that I have done to the system was I installed the beta of
> the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem started after I
> installed and ran this successfully. I have subsequently removed it, but it
> has not fixed the problem.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>

Thank you - unfortunately it did not address the problem.

"Paperghost" <paperghost@vitalsecurity.org> wrote in message
news:OWJlLdC9EHA.1892@CPMSFTNGSA04.privatenews.microsoft.com...
> Hi Rlittleson,
>
> You need to reset your Winsock.(Go to command prompt and then type the
> command "Netsh winsock reset"). This has worked on a number of machines
> I have come across and hopefully may work in this instance.
>
> Though if you do get it fixed, I'd still advise to use a dedicated
> software firewall rather than the built in XP firewall.
>
> Regards,
> Paperghost
> www.vitalsecurity.org
>
> rlittleson wrote:
>> Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some time. Now I have
>> a
>> security warning in the system tray saying the firewall won't load.
>>
>> When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says it can't turn it
>> on
>> and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to turn it on here,
>> I
>> get a message saying:
>>
>> "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
>> (ICS)
>> service."
>>
>> The only thing that I have done to the system was I installed the beta of
>> the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem started after I
>> installed and ran this successfully. I have subsequently removed it, but
>> it has not fixed the problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>

Do a "system restore" back to a point before installing
the Spyware software

>-----Original Message-----
>Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some
time. Now I have a
>security warning in the system tray saying the firewall
won't load.
>
>When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says
it can't turn it on
>and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to
turn it on here, I
>get a message saying:
>
>"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS)
>service."
>
>The only thing that I have done to the system was I
installed the beta of
>the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem started
after I
>installed and ran this successfully. I have
subsequently removed it, but it
>has not fixed the problem.
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>.
>

I have the same problem and the fix also did not work!!
>-----Original Message-----
>Thank you - unfortunately it did not address the problem.
>
>"Paperghost" <paperghost@vitalsecurity.org> wrote in
message
>news:OWJlLdC9EHA.1892@CPMSFTNGSA04.privatenews.microsoft.
com...
>> Hi Rlittleson,
>>
>> You need to reset your Winsock.(Go to command prompt
and then type the
>> command "Netsh winsock reset"). This has worked on a
number of machines
>> I have come across and hopefully may work in this
instance.
>>
>> Though if you do get it fixed, I'd still advise to use
a dedicated
>> software firewall rather than the built in XP firewall.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Paperghost
>> www.vitalsecurity.org
>>
>> rlittleson wrote:
>>> Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for
some time. Now I have
>>> a
>>> security warning in the system tray saying the
firewall won't load.
>>>
>>> When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it
says it can't turn it
>>> on
>>> and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try
to turn it on here,
>>> I
>>> get a message saying:
>>>
>>> "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing
>>> (ICS)
>>> service."
>>>
>>> The only thing that I have done to the system was I
installed the beta of
>>> the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem
started after I
>>> installed and ran this successfully. I have
subsequently removed it, but
>>> it has not fixed the problem.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>
>.
>

try a system restore to a date before you installed the
spyware


>-----Original Message-----
>I have the same problem and the fix also did not work!!
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Thank you - unfortunately it did not address the
problem.
>>
>>"Paperghost" <paperghost@vitalsecurity.org> wrote in
>message
>>news:OWJlLdC9EHA.1892@CPMSFTNGSA04.privatenews.microsoft
..
>com...
>>> Hi Rlittleson,
>>>
>>> You need to reset your Winsock.(Go to command prompt
>and then type the
>>> command "Netsh winsock reset"). This has worked on a
>number of machines
>>> I have come across and hopefully may work in this
>instance.
>>>
>>> Though if you do get it fixed, I'd still advise to
use
>a dedicated
>>> software firewall rather than the built in XP
firewall.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Paperghost
>>> www.vitalsecurity.org
>>>
>>> rlittleson wrote:
>>>> Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for
>some time. Now I have
>>>> a
>>>> security warning in the system tray saying the
>firewall won't load.
>>>>
>>>> When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it
>says it can't turn it
>>>> on
>>>> and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try
>to turn it on here,
>>>> I
>>>> get a message saying:
>>>>
>>>> "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet
>Connection Sharing
>>>> (ICS)
>>>> service."
>>>>
>>>> The only thing that I have done to the system was I
>installed the beta of
>>>> the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem
>started after I
>>>> installed and ran this successfully. I have
>subsequently removed it, but
>>>> it has not fixed the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>