Re: XP Firewall will not enable at system boot

From: Peter (r2d2)
Date: 04/03/05 

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:30:58 -0500

A final shot in the dark, before I turn in for the night (losing an hour -
darn!)
Go to Start/Run and enter "cmd" without the "", press OK, then enter the
following:
netsh winsock reset
Press OK
Reboot and see if WF works then. 

-- 
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2
P4 dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 1.0gb RAM, 160gb HD
"Peter" <r2d2 AT cesmail DOT net> wrote in message 
news:OtTGpM$NFHA.2520@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I have WF turned off because I've given McAfee control of the firewall. 
>Not wise to have two software firewalls, although it is OK to have a 
>hardware FW (modem/router etc) and a software one working together.
> Remember that WF is one way only - inbound.  It does nothing if you open a 
> dangerous attachment in an email for instance, that's where software ones 
> are superior because they work both inbound and outbound.
>
> -- 
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Home SP2
> P4 dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 1.0gb RAM, 160gb HD
> "Arkansas 275" <Arkansas275@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:106DBF11-017A-4D2C-B7E0-C36271490FA5@microsoft.com...
>>I have Norton Internet Security Personal Firewall,  disabled, but Norton
>> Internet Security Outbreak Alert, Anti Spam, Intrusion Detection, and
>> Anitvirus is enabled.  I will disable everything except antivirus and see
>> what happens.
>>
>> "Peter" wrote:
>>
>>> It will be turned off if you have another software firewall enabled... 
>>> if
>>> you don't then not sure what is causing that.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Home SP2
>>> P4 dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 1.0gb RAM, 160gb HD
>>> "Arkansas 275" <Arkansas275@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:982DDEEA-2808-43A7-A323-B48D2834DCA4@microsoft.com...
>>> >I am running XP Home SP2.  I use Norton Internet Security with the 
>>> >firewall
>>> > feture disabled.  In spite of all my attempts to get XP SP2 Firewall 
>>> > to
>>> > enable when I boot, it always comes up disabled until I manually 
>>> > enable
>>> > it.
>>> >
>>> > I update definitions and run Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware SE Plus, Spy 
>>> > Sweeper,
>>> > and
>>> > antivirus feature of Notron Internet Security 2005 at least once a 
>>> > week so
>>> > I
>>> > am farely confident that I do not have a virus, worm, or any other 
>>> > such
>>> > malware.
>>> >
>>> > The only suggestion anyone has made was by a couple people who hate 
>>> > Norton
>>> > so they uttered a few comments and told me to uninstall Norton.
>>> >
>>> > Can anyone help with something other than to blame Norton?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks in advance for your help.
>>> > -- 
>>> > Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

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