Firewall/ICS still doesn't start

G

Guest

When I click Windows Firewall in the Control Panel, I receive the following
error message:
Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated service
is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?
If I click Yes, I receive the following error message:
Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service.

The usual fix for this (from KB892350) is to reset the Winsock catalog
with "netsh winsock reset" which I've done but it doesn't change a thing. I
would appreciate any other solutions.

Vic H.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi Vic,

Download and apply the sharedaccess.reg file available here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

The REG file reinstates the missing firewall service (in XP SP2)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When I click Windows Firewall in the Control Panel, I receive the following
error message:
Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated service
is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?
If I click Yes, I receive the following error message:
Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service.

The usual fix for this (from KB892350) is to reset the Winsock catalog
with "netsh winsock reset" which I've done but it doesn't change a thing. I
would appreciate any other solutions.

Vic H.
 
G

Guest

After running sharedaccess.reg and restarting, I get the following messages
while resetting the firewall:
"Could not obtain host information from machine..."
"Some commands may not be available"
"The specified module could not be found" and the firewall still doesn't
start.
Should I carry on with the second part of your fix ( rundll32
setupapi,Install.... etc)or does this indicate some other solution ?

Vic H.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Vic,

One of the DLLs needed by the Windows Firewall service may be missing. See
if running SFC helps. Insert your Windows XP CD, and type this in Start,
Run:

sfc /scannow

If you have applied SP2 separately, then mention the path as
%Windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386 (if prompted)


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


After running sharedaccess.reg and restarting, I get the following messages
while resetting the firewall:
"Could not obtain host information from machine..."
"Some commands may not be available"
"The specified module could not be found" and the firewall still doesn't
start.
Should I carry on with the second part of your fix ( rundll32
setupapi,Install.... etc)or does this indicate some other solution ?

Vic H.

Ramesh said:
Hi Vic,

Download and apply the sharedaccess.reg file available here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

The REG file reinstates the missing firewall service (in XP SP2)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When I click Windows Firewall in the Control Panel, I receive the
following
error message:
Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
service
is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?
If I click Yes, I receive the following error message:
Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS)
service.

The usual fix for this (from KB892350) is to reset the Winsock catalog
with "netsh winsock reset" which I've done but it doesn't change a thing.
I
would appreciate any other solutions.

Vic H.
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G

Guest

That seemed to be the fix. The process stopped many times during the scan and
I had to hit "retry" for it to continue so I assume it was replacing files at
that time? In any case, it's working and I thank you very, very much.

One small glitch. The Security Centre no longer detects that I'm running
Norton Anti-Virus. Not a big deal but any quick fixes for that?

Vic H.

Ramesh said:
Vic,

One of the DLLs needed by the Windows Firewall service may be missing. See
if running SFC helps. Insert your Windows XP CD, and type this in Start,
Run:

sfc /scannow

If you have applied SP2 separately, then mention the path as
%Windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386 (if prompted)


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


After running sharedaccess.reg and restarting, I get the following messages
while resetting the firewall:
"Could not obtain host information from machine..."
"Some commands may not be available"
"The specified module could not be found" and the firewall still doesn't
start.
Should I carry on with the second part of your fix ( rundll32
setupapi,Install.... etc)or does this indicate some other solution ?

Vic H.

Ramesh said:
Hi Vic,

Download and apply the sharedaccess.reg file available here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

The REG file reinstates the missing firewall service (in XP SP2)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When I click Windows Firewall in the Control Panel, I receive the
following
error message:
Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
service
is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?
If I click Yes, I receive the following error message:
Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS)
service.

The usual fix for this (from KB892350) is to reset the Winsock catalog
with "netsh winsock reset" which I've done but it doesn't change a thing.
I
would appreciate any other solutions.

Vic H.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Vic,

Symantec released an WMI update for some of its products. Try contacting
their support team to see if they have a fix/patch for this. Otherwise, try
uninstalling and reinstalling the product.

BTW, AVG Antivirus 7 from www.grisoft.com is great, and less resource hungry
than Symantec.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


That seemed to be the fix. The process stopped many times during the scan
and
I had to hit "retry" for it to continue so I assume it was replacing files
at
that time? In any case, it's working and I thank you very, very much.

One small glitch. The Security Centre no longer detects that I'm running
Norton Anti-Virus. Not a big deal but any quick fixes for that?

Vic H.

Ramesh said:
Vic,

One of the DLLs needed by the Windows Firewall service may be missing. See
if running SFC helps. Insert your Windows XP CD, and type this in Start,
Run:

sfc /scannow

If you have applied SP2 separately, then mention the path as
%Windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386 (if prompted)


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


After running sharedaccess.reg and restarting, I get the following
messages
while resetting the firewall:
"Could not obtain host information from machine..."
"Some commands may not be available"
"The specified module could not be found" and the firewall still doesn't
start.
Should I carry on with the second part of your fix ( rundll32
setupapi,Install.... etc)or does this indicate some other solution ?

Vic H.

Ramesh said:
Hi Vic,

Download and apply the sharedaccess.reg file available here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

The REG file reinstates the missing firewall service (in XP SP2)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When I click Windows Firewall in the Control Panel, I receive the
following
error message:
Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
service
is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?
If I click Yes, I receive the following error message:
Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS)
service.

The usual fix for this (from KB892350) is to reset the Winsock catalog
with "netsh winsock reset" which I've done but it doesn't change a
thing.
I
would appreciate any other solutions.

Vic H.
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