XP Firewall

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The windows firewall has been turned off on my computer.
After following instrustions from the security centre and the help site, i
have been unable to turn it on again!
Has anyone had the same problem? Is there a solution?

Thanks!
 
Hariba said:
The windows firewall has been turned off on my computer.
After following instrustions from the security centre and the help site, i
have been unable to turn it on again!
Has anyone had the same problem? Is there a solution?
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Is the Windows Firewall service not starting?

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > Locate "Windows
Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing" and start the service then set to
"Automatic"

Is the Windows Firewall restricted (greyed out)?
Edit the Registry (Start>Run>regedit.exe)

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft]
Delete the registry key "WindowsFirewall"

Then I would suggest performing a full system scan for parasites. Making
sure you update the definitions files before performing these scans. And
make sure your Anti-virus protection is fully up-to-date.

Adaware SE (free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot - search and destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Trend Micro - Housecall (free)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

Kaspersky Web Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
 
Type in Start, Run:

Firewall.cpl

Set the status to "On"

If the options are grayed out, see:

Reset the Windows Firewall Policy settings to defaults:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/resetfwpol.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The windows firewall has been turned off on my computer.
After following instrustions from the security centre and the help site, i
have been unable to turn it on again!
Has anyone had the same problem? Is there a solution?

Thanks!
 
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