Firewall for Windows Xp

[Guest]

I can't seem to turn on my firewall and when I go into the comtrol panel and
try going into the Windows Firewall folder I get a message that says "
Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed becasue the associated service
is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?" and of course I click yes then it tries to start up
but then I'm given this following message "Windows cannot start the Windows
Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service." so what does all this
mean? is there another way around this? can someone help me set up a
firewall to protect my computer??

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892199/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I can't seem to turn on my firewall and when I go into the comtrol panel and
| try going into the Windows Firewall folder I get a message that says "
| Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed becasue the associated service
| is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
| Sharing (ICS) service?" and of course I click yes then it tries to start up
| but then I'm given this following message "Windows cannot start the Windows
| Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service." so what does all this
| mean? is there another way around this? can someone help me set up a
| firewall to protect my computer??