Problems with Windows Firewall now

R

rlittleson

Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some time. Now I have a
security warning in the system tray saying the firewall won't load.

When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says it can't turn it on
and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to turn it on here, I
get a message saying:

"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service."

The only thing that I have done to the system was I installed the beta of
the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem started after I
installed and ran this successfully. I have subsequently removed it, but it
has not fixed the problem.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Paperghost

Hi Rlittleson,

You need to reset your Winsock.(Go to command prompt and then type the
command "Netsh winsock reset"). This has worked on a number of machines
I have come across and hopefully may work in this instance.

Though if you do get it fixed, I'd still advise to use a dedicated
software firewall rather than the built in XP firewall.

Regards,
Paperghost
www.vitalsecurity.org
 
T

TJM

Do a "system restore" back to a point before installing
the Spyware software
-----Original Message-----
Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some time. Now I have a
security warning in the system tray saying the firewall won't load.

When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says it can't turn it on
and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to turn it on here, I
get a message saying:

"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
service."

The only thing that I have done to the system was I installed the beta of
the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. The problem started after I
installed and ran this successfully. I have
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subsequently removed it, but it
 

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