Windows firewall problem

[Carl]

After running the Microsoft anti-spyware software and
removing spyware, I restarted the computer then Windows
Firewall will no longer load up and a display box
saying "windows firewall cannot displayed because the
associated service is not running" is shown....what is
going on? I tried the anti-spyware software on my
friends computer and it has done EXACTLY the same thing.

Please help me and tell me how to get windows firewall
back, thanks in advance.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Please use the information in this Microsoft KB article to fix this
situation on both machines:

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

 

[Guest]

I had exactly the same problem. I also received a
message stating that newdotnet was unable to load (it was
labeled as spyware and removed). The only way I got the
firewall back was to do a system restore. Hope you took
a checkpoint before the load.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Please use the information in this Microsoft KB article to fix this
situation on both machines:

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

Microsoft is well aware of the awkwardness of this situation, and we may see
changes to how this works in a later beta release or the final product.

 

[fboomhut]

I had exactly the same "experiance"

 

[Bill Sanderson]

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

I had exactly the same "experiance"

 

[DKqwerty]

I found this to be a function of the program changing
settings in WinSock. It also prevented me from resolving
my IP address on my wireless router. A simple fix for this
can be found here:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

Just follow the instructions and it should resolve the
firewall issue for you.