RE: Firewall suddenly disabled



BlueMagoo wrote:

After checking the event viewer (Steve Umbach 3-28-06 post) and seeing
many error messages and fail to start messages I've reinstalled XP
Home (SP1a)
from my original disk. The Windows firewall icon is still not
available in my Security Center, in fact, all of the items in the
Security Center are now
missing (Automatic Updates, Internet options, Firewall). One error I
now get
in the event viewer is "security center failed to start." I cannot
start it
from AdminTools > Services (similar error message). Any Suggestions?

Yes, install Service Pack 2. The Windows Firewall and Security Center
Control Panel applets are not available in SP1 which is why you aren't
seeing them.

Malke
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