Cannot turn on firewall

[Guest]

I cannot turn on the XP firewall. It is all shaded and says something about
a group policy. i am running the Home Edition SP2.

 

[Guest]

I cannot turn on the XP firewall. It is all shaded and says something about
a group policy. i am running the Home Edition SP2.

Hi scott,
Here is a link to the MVP Ramesh that explain your issue and the solution:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/resetfwpol.htm
Also here are some posts go through them :
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892199

HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass

 

[MAP]

I cannot turn on the XP firewall. It is all shaded and says
something about a group policy. i am running the Home Edition SP2.

Use this one instead.
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Kerio.cfm
After the 30 day trial the firewall portion will still work.