Re: Firewall suddenly disabled

I would say you have a lot of things going wrong and the repair install sounds
like a good idea. Just keep in mind that you need to first install your service
pack if it is not included on the install disk and then the needed critical
security updates as shown at Windows Updates when done. First I would try doing
a System Restore to a point before his all happened though I tend to doubt it
would fix everything. It is hard to say what has happened but ungraceful
shutdowns particularly multiple ones can certainly cause problems. ---- Steve


"BlueMagoo" <BlueMagoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Booting into safe mode with networking had no effect.

Thanks for pointing me to the Event Viewer. My first foray there has turned
up a lot of errors and warnings. In particular, " Security Center failed to
launch on startup due to the following error: the program that this service
is configured to run in does not implement this service." (It certainly did
2 weeks ago so perhaps a setting has been changed.)

Another and possibly related error: "IPSec Service failed to get a complete
list of network interfaces. This can be a hazard... Please run IPSec
Monitor snap-in to further diagnose the problem." I did this but the snap-in
failed to launch as well giving the error "The IPSec Server is unavailable or
incompatible with the IPSec Monitor."

Here are a few more of the most prevalent errors which may or may not be
related to this problem: "Network Connection Adapter Link down", "TCPIP was
disconnected from network...may have malfunctioned...check for updated
drivers", "HTTP Service failed to start...SSDP Discovery service depends on
HTTP also failed...", DCOM Server Process Launcher hung on starting", "The
following boot-start or system-start drivers failed to load: Fips, FltMgr,
Processer, SAVRTPEL, SPBBCDrv, SYMTDI"

So, it looks to me like there are a few damaged files within the system. My
plan for tomorrow is to find new drivers for my network card (Intel
Pro/100VE) and then do a repair install of XP-Home as suggenstd by Panda Man.
BTW, this is my home desktop and is not networked, I use a dial-up
connection. It went through many crashes and restarts during the failure of
my video card. Perhaps this is the reason for system damage?




"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

You could try booting into Safe mode with networking to see if that makes a
difference. If it does you have a startup service/application/driver causing
the problem and you might be able to narrow it down by trail and error using
selective and selective startup. It may also help to use Event Viewer to
see if anything helpful is recorded as a error/warning in the application or
system log.--- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560 -- msconfig info

"BlueMagoo" <BlueMagoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, the built-in Windows Firewall in SP1 (I do not have any other
firewall
software). I usually access this from the Security Center control panel,
but
now the firewall is not an option there. If I go through AdminTools >
services > security center... I get the error message.

I wil try the repair install of XP as suggested. Thanks



"Panda_man" wrote:

My reply is at the bottom of your message :

"BlueMagoo" wrote:

After changing my video card and power supply I have found that my
Windows
firewall will not start. The two issues don't seem related but since
it
happened concurrently I am suspicious.

XP Home, SP1, Norton Antivirus2005 (not Internet Secutity Package).
The
system has worked fine for 2 years so I know the software is
compatible.
I've been reading recent posts here and have done malware cleanup using
NAV,
SpyBot, Ad-Aware, CW shredder, Panda ActiveScan (thanks Panda-Man) and
Trend
Micro Housecall. No serious infections found-just a few tracking
cookies.

When I try to activate it in AdminTools > Services > SecurityCenter ...
I
get an error (#1083) stating that the "executable program that this
service
is configured to run in does not implement the service." Should I
reinstall
NAV? Any other suggestions?


What firewall are you talking about ?
Do you refer to Norton's internet worm protection
or
the buit-in Internet Connection firewall (ICF) in Win XP SP1 ???
Be more acurate,please.

If you have problems with Norton , yes , reinstall it.
If you have problems with ICF , do a repair install of Windows using your
original Windows CD.

And this driver change can also be a reason because they could have
changed
some files in Windows.

Feel free to contact the Community again ! :-)

Panda_man
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