Re: Windows Firewall

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 03/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:07:58 +0100

johnfort wrote:

> After installing Windows XP2 I apparently cannot have windows firewall
> enabled. I no longer have the option of turning the firewall on or off. When
> I go to the 'advanced' tab under network connections, it shows the section
> called 'Windows Firewall' and under it 'protect my computer and network by
> limiting' .......so and so forth and to the right is a settings button. When
> I press the settings button I get a message that says 'windows firewall
> settings cannot be displayed because the associated service is not running,
> do you want to start the WF/ICS; I click yes, it attempts to start the
> firewall/ics and then says it cannot be started with no explanation or error
> message. I have attempted to add ICS under 'add windows components' in
> control panel but was not successful.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hi

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.

More about this issue here as well:

After you run Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), you have network-
related problems, or you receive an error message
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;892350 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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