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When i go into the security center i noticed that my firewall is turned off.
when i try to turn it on all i get is an error message saying that the
associated service is not running. when i try to run it i get another message
saying that it cannot be turned on. does anyone know what i can do?
Thanx
 
Could it be a spyware has blocked it from being activated? Have you
scanned your system recently for spywares/malwares?
 
devilsaki said:
When i go into the security center i noticed that my firewall is
turned off. when i try to turn it on all i get is an error message
saying that the associated service is not running. when i try to run
it i get another message saying that it cannot be turned on. does
anyone know what i can do?
Thanx
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Do you have another firewall installed? Zonealarm? Norton Internet Security?
Norton Antivirus with worm protection? Any of these will disable the Windows
firewall.

Kerry
 
yes i am running ms antispyware. i tried these but it says it cannot start
the service.

S.Sengupta said:
Are you running Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875357

also:-
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/resetfwpol.htm

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
When i go into the security center i noticed that my firewall is turned off.
when i try to turn it on all i get is an error message saying that the
associated service is not running. when i try to run it i get another message
saying that it cannot be turned on. does anyone know what i can do?
Thanx
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devilsaki said:
i have no other firewalls installed anymore. i have deleted them all.
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But you did have them at one time. Some artifacts may have been left behind.
Especially if you didn't uninstall them properly.
 
Kerry said:
Do you have another firewall installed? Zonealarm? Norton Internet
Security? Norton Antivirus with worm protection? Any of these will
disable the Windows firewall.

Kerry
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What antivirus are you using? Some of them have a simple firewall for worm
protection.

Kerry
 

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