Windows XP Firewall problem

[bagwash]

From Control Panel/Windows Security Center and /Windows Firewall I get
"Windows Firewall cannot be displayed because the associated service is not
running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?". I click Yes and get "Windows cannot start the
Windows Firewall". (This happens after disabling ZoneAlarm, from which I
wish to switch.)
Suggestions gratefully received.

 

[Paul Johnson]

From Control Panel/Windows Security Center and /Windows Firewall I get
"Windows Firewall cannot be displayed because the associated service is
not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) service?". I click Yes and get "Windows cannot start the
Windows Firewall". (This happens after disabling ZoneAlarm, from which I
wish to switch.)

Have you tried uninstalling ZoneAlarm before trying to enable Windows
Firewall? (If you're paranoid, unplug your network connection while you do
this).

 

[bagwash]

I appear to have pressed the wrong key and turned this correspondence into a
private one rather than posting it here, which was the intention. For the
benefit of anyone else following the thread, I now post it.



-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:12 PM
To: Bagwash
Subject: Re: Windows XP Firewall problem

Thanks for this suggestion. I was wary of doing this in case I lost all my
Zone Alarm settings should the procedure not work and I have to revert to
ZA.

The fix for that is to keep a backup of that data on an external hard drive
or
DVDRAM or CDRW media.

My problem was some incompatibility between ZA and GotomyPC (which has
featured in ZA discussion groups in the past) but in fact I think I've got
round that - so I'll let things rest for moment but if my magic solution
turns out not to be so magical I'll try your procedure.

I've never been a fan of personal firewalls, they seem to cause more trouble
than good. Most Windows users will get all the protection they'll ever need
out of Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, AVG Antivirus and Antispyware,
and
a well-configured firewall router (Linux box or a Linksys with the right
config).

http://preview.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html