windows firewall error

[Guest]

Hi all,

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate laptop part of our domain. Everytime I try
to go into Windows Firewall to change any settings, it just will not launch.
I get the following error:-

Due to an unidentified problem windows cannot display windows firewall
settings.

Any ideas?

Please advise.

Thanks

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Hi all,

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate laptop part of our domain. Everytime I try
to go into Windows Firewall to change any settings, it just will not
launch. I get the following error:-

Due to an unidentified problem windows cannot display windows firewall
settings.

Any ideas?

Please advise.

Since the FW on XP and Vista are kind of the same on both O/S(s), a fix
might be common to both of them. You might want try to investigate and try
to apply one or two of them.

<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ws+firewall+settings+Vista&btnG=Google+Search>

 

[Guest]

I have tried google and several articles talk about a Shared Key issue in
the registry. When I applied that patch to my vista machine, all other sorts
of issues appeared and I had to reinstall the OS on it.

 

[Malke]

I have tried google and several articles talk about a Shared Key issue in
the registry. When I applied that patch to my vista machine, all other sorts
of issues appeared and I had to reinstall the OS on it.

Since the laptop is a member of a domain, there is probably a Group
Policy in force covering the firewall. Discuss this with your IT Dept.
at work.


Malke

 

[Mr. Arnold]

I have tried google and several articles talk about a Shared Key issue in
the registry. When I applied that patch to my vista machine, all other
sorts of issues appeared and I had to reinstall the OS on it.

Have you tried to just simply reset the FW?

 

[Guest]

I am the IT Department!

Since the laptop is a member of a domain, there is probably a Group Policy
in force covering the firewall. Discuss this with your IT Dept. at work.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

Yes, rebooted it. Restarted the service. tried everything.