Windows Firewall will not disable.

[Yogi]

I'm having problems with the Windows XP firewall interferring with
PCAnywhere
or any other program that I try to use to access the computer. I have
disabled the firewall, however win you run wscui.cpl the firewall still
shows up as active and all the indications that I'm getting suggests that
the firewall is still present. Is there a hack or something that I can do to
disable the firewall other than through the control panel?

Currently the system with Windows XP is set up on a temporary lan with a hub
between the to computers while I troubleshoot this problem. I can connect
from the problem machine into to the other machine without a problem but the
reverse is not true. I used software to monitor the packet traffic and it
show that the problem machine is ignoring all requests---Just like a
firewall
is present! However as I said before the firewall has been disabled or it
should be according to the control panel. Is there something that I'm
missing!?

Things that I have tried as a last resort:
removed PCAnwhere
removed Service pack 2
reinstall Service pack 2
reinstalled PCAnywhere

I have disabled the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing Service as
well as suggested by Michael Solomon MS-MVP.
This however did not work either. He suggested that I post the problem here.


And I have tried rebooting in every configuration I can think of to get the
firewall to fall!

Any Help would be greatly appreciatied.

Tim

 

[Yogi]

Any Ideas?

 

[Yogi]

To Whom it may Help!
Just thought I'd let you know what cured the problem. I didn't get any
responses from the "microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web" group on this
issue so I've been plugging away at it on my own. I turned off the Windows
ICS Service (No Luck) and Removed Zone Alarm (No luck), the Windows
Security Service would still show a firewall in effect and on. Turns out
that my mom had Norton AntiVirus 2005 loaded with the "Internet Worm
Protection" turned on! This is also a firewall app and is the reason that
the firewall indicator in Windows Security Service would not turn off. As
soon as I turned off the Internet Worm Protection the firewall fell like a
ton of bricks. Anyone Else with a similar problem should be aware of this
Norton Protectin device...lol.