windows firewall

[Guest]

i'm running xp home with service pack 2 and have been for a while now. i
turned my computer on this morning and it now says my firewall is turned off.
i have tried to turn it on but it won't. i follow the instructions but it
still doesn't work. can any one help please.

cheers

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

the netsh command in SP2 can rebuild your Winsock. Open the command prompt and type: netsh winsock reset , then press ENTER.


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[Meena]

In addition, type SERVICES.MSC in the run box, click OK and make sure
"Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing " service is started and
running.

 

[Rodney Kelp]

Switch to SPF (Sygate Personal Firewall). Windows firewall doesn't alert you
on everything that accesses the internet or accesses you.
I turned Windows firewall off and use spf. You can turn of the windows
firewall alert thingy too.