Re: Windows Firewall won't load

From: rlittleson (rlittleson_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:55:01 -0800

Thanks for the reply. Went through these steps, but it didn't address it.
All of those services had a check in front of them - although some were
stopped.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Error Message When You Try to Turn On Internet Connection Sharing
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827328&Product=winxp
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
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> "rlittleson" wrote:
>
> | Have XP SP2 and the firewall has been running for some time. Now I have a
> | security warning in the system tray saying the firewall won't load.
> |
> | When I follow the recommendation to turn it on, it says it can't turn it on
> | and recommends going into Control Panel. When I try to turn it on here, I
> | get a message saying:
> |
> | "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
> | service."
> |
> | The only thing that I have done to the system was I installed the beta of
> | the Microsoft AntiSpyware software. I believe the problem started after I
> | installed and ran this. I have subsequently removed it, but it has not fixed
> | the problem.
> |
> | Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> |
>