Re: Could not start Firewall & ICS Service

From: Vanguard \(NPI\) (vanguard.code_at_comcastNIX.net)
Date: 11/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:59:08 -0600

"preecep" <preecep@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03E889DE-2B5A-4487-8EBA-F0ED5BA45923@microsoft.com...
> We have several Windows XP workstations on a 2003 domain. The workstations
> were all updated to SP2 a while back however its only recently come to our
> attention that one of the workstations has a problem with its firewall.
> When
> attempting to start/enable the firewall service we a given an error 'Could
> Not Start The Windows Firewall/Internet Connection (ICS Service on Local
> Computer'. Apparently this problem came about when SP2 was installed,
> however
> because the SP2 rollout was several months ago a system restore is not
> really
> an option. So far we have tried the following with any success:
>
> Removed Windows AntiSpyware
> Reinstalled SP2
> Checked for pc for viruses & spyware
> Temporally disabled none MS services
> Enabling the Firewall/ICS services with local admin privileges
> Reset winsock command (ie: netsh winsock reset)
>
> Any advise or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Did you check that the Application Gateway Layer service is enabled (set to
Automatic or Manual)? This service is required by the firewall and ICS
services. Many users have set this service to Disabled if they were not
using the included Windows Firewall and/or ICS services (i.e., it was just a
waste of memory to run them if you used a decent 3rd party firewall instead
of the limited Windows Firewall, or were using a NAT router instead of the
software ICS that consumed one of your hosts and required 2 NICs in it). 

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