firewall won't start

[Johan]

Hi,
My firewall gives me this error message when i try to set it on.
"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
I have just installed SP1 but the problem started before that.

 

[Jason]

Find firewall in the control panel and make sure it is on.


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[Johan]

Thanks for the replies Bob and Jason.
The thing is that i get the error message from wherever i try to start the
firewall.

 

[GTS]

Try running this command in an elevated command prompt netsh winsock
reset
Reboot and then try enabling the firewall. This recently worked for me in
servicing a customers machine with the same problem.

 

[Johan]

I ran it but it din't find anything.

Run sfc /scannow.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

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again.

 

[Johan]

I ran it but nothing was found.

Run sfc /scannow.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

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[Johan]

I did as you said but i still can't get it to work :/

 

[GTS]

Have you ever had a 3rd party firewall or security suite installed on this
computer?
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[Johan]

I do have the free version of Avira antivir installed.

 

[GTS]

That shouldn't cause any problem. Does the event log have any useful
information? Also, here's one article (that may or may not apply to your
issue).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943996/en-us

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[Keyser Soze]

Hi,
My firewall gives me this error message when i try to set it on.
"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
I have just installed SP1 but the problem started before that.

Try to delete

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsFirewall

Cheers