XP Home Firewall

[Guest]

Windows Firewall is turned off. Attempted to turn it back on by all the
usual methods and I get a message......."Windows Firewall settings cannot be
changed because the associated service is not running. Do you want to start
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing Service?" I click "Yes" to
answer this question and then am advised that the service cannot start. Any
suggestions?

 

[Matija Hrovat]

Hi Virginia,
try doing the following:

Start / Run
cmd <enter>
netsh winsock reset <enter>

Reboot your computer and try again.

Let us know if it helped.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Windows Firewall is turned off. Attempted to turn it back on by all the
usual methods and I get a message......."Windows Firewall settings cannot be
changed because the associated service is not running. Do you want to start
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing Service?" I click "Yes" to
answer this question and then am advised that the service cannot start. Any
suggestions?

Hi,

I assume you have Service Pack 2 for Windows XP installed.


Please try this:

Start/Run --> cmd.exe

and then, in the command prompt that opened up, type:

netsh.exe winsock reset

and hit Enter. Follow prompts and reboot.


After resetting winsock you should re-install any applications which
are layered service providers (lsp). typical apps of this nature are
firewalls and anti-virus/anti-spyware.


If the above didn't fix the problem, take a look here:

"Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings" error while
accessing Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm