Lost my firewall

[Merzhin]

I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
"windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?

Thanks

 

[Zack Whittaker \(R2 Mentor\)]

OK, Start > Run > services.msc > Double click on the "Windows Firewall"
service and select the Startup type to Automatic and click on Start to start
the service. Have a nother try )

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[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Is this Windows XP or Windows Vista? Have you tried using System restore to
see if it will fix this issue?
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[Merzhin]

Thanks Zack,
But I've already tried to start the Firewall service and this is precisely
the message I've got.
"windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."

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Merzhin
Brittany - France

OK, Start > Run > services.msc > Double click on the "Windows Firewall"
service and select the Startup type to Automatic and click on Start to
start the service. Have a nother try )

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[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Sc=F8tt_Lovegrove_=5BScottIsAFoo]

Are you using Norton Systemworks out of interest? I know someone who
lost the firewall functionality after installing that on XP, maybe it
could the same issue...?

Scøtt
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[Merzhin]

Hi Andre,

I am running Vista Feb CTP B5308.
Seeing this problem with firewall, I immediately tried to restore.
But, after restart, SR told me it was not able to restore.
I guess the problem is deeper.

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Merzhin
Brittany - France

Is this Windows XP or Windows Vista? Have you tried using System restore
to see if it will fix this issue?
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[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Maybe you could just do a reinstall over 5308, not necessarily reinstalling,
but upgrade the existing installation with the 5308 DVD.
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Thanks Zack,
But I've already tried to start the Firewall service and this is precisely
the message I've got.
"windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."

 

[Merzhin]

Hi Scøtt,
No I have only NOD32 installed as antivirus software.
I do test Vista with its own security features.
Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[Merzhin]

Yes, I've just run (as admin) sfc /scannow command without success.
Your suggestion seems to be the best way to repair Vista.
I will save my files and settings before and try an upgrade with DVD.
If not possible, I will have to reinstall Vista completely...
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Merzhin
Brittany - France

Maybe you could just do a reinstall over 5308, not necessarily
reinstalling, but upgrade the existing installation with the 5308 DVD.
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[Vista Tester]

Before you try to change anything, I'd check out the Event Log to see if
there are any error messages which correspond to the firewall problem. In
particular, look for EventID 7042...

 

[Vista Tester]

Er, sorry - make that errorID 7024

Before you try to change anything, I'd check out the Event Log to see if
there are any error messages which correspond to the firewall problem. In
particular, look for EventID 7042...

 

[Merzhin]

Yes, there is this error in Event viewer:
Service Control Manager
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7024 <Level>2</Level>
The Windows Firewall service terminated with service-specific error 6704
(0x1A30).
How to fix it?
Thanks
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Merzhin
Brittany - France

Er, sorry - make that errorID 7024

 

[Merzhin]

Andre,
I have tried to upgrade 5308/5308 and, about 2 hours later, I got this
message:
"The upgrade was not successful. Your original desktop is being restored. Do
not restart your computer during this time."
Then, after reboot : Windows setup rollback
"Your Windows Vista installation has failed.
Your previous version of Windows has been restored.
To try installing Windows Vista, back up your files, and then perform a
clean installation."
I'll do it tomorrow... unless finding another solution.

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Merzhin
Brittany - France

 

[Vista Tester]

Yah, I'm afraid that's the same error msg I got. The only way I could get
the firewall back was to upgrade using the install disk. That's unfortunate
cauz I wasn't able to determine the source of the issue

 

[Merzhin]

I've tried to upgrade, but unsuccessfully.
Look at this msg : I think what I have to do now is to save my files and settings and perform a
new clean install of Vista...