Firewalls displayed in security center

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Hello group. I am using Windows Firewall for now and when I go into the
security center and click the "show firewalls installed..." there's one
listed that I haven't had for quite some time. It shows "off" and there's
nothing I can do. I can I remove that entry? Someone, along time ago, told
me the commands to type in at the RUN but I lost the info. Thanks in
advance!

Kirk
 
Kirk said:
Hello group. I am using Windows Firewall for now and when I go into the
security center and click the "show firewalls installed..." there's one
listed that I haven't had for quite some time. It shows "off" and there's
nothing I can do. I can I remove that entry? Someone, along time ago, told
me the commands to type in at the RUN but I lost the info. Thanks in
advance!
Click to expand...

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following
command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

The first time you run this it will fail. It will issue stop commands to
the services causing it to fail. It might take a couple minutes for the
services to shut down. Run the command again and reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work or if you get "the repository is consistent", do
the following from an elevated cmd prompt:

net stop winmgmt [enter]
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter]
ren repository repository.old [enter]
net start winmgmt [enter]

Malke
 
Thanks very much! I used the second method and that did the trick I am now
down to just the one firewall! So, meanwhile, any tips on how to get a
totally useless icon out of the control panel? Once upon a time I had AIM
installed and it added "viewpoint media player"
When I uninstalled all that stuff the viewpoint left a blank icon that just
looks like the sheet of paper with the corner folded and I can't do a thing
with it.

Thanks again for your help I really appreciate it!!!

Kirk

Malke said:
Kirk said:
Hello group. I am using Windows Firewall for now and when I go into the
security center and click the "show firewalls installed..." there's one
listed that I haven't had for quite some time. It shows "off" and there's
nothing I can do. I can I remove that entry? Someone, along time ago,
told
me the commands to type in at the RUN but I lost the info. Thanks in
advance!
Click to expand...

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following
command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

The first time you run this it will fail. It will issue stop commands to
the services causing it to fail. It might take a couple minutes for the
services to shut down. Run the command again and reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work or if you get "the repository is consistent", do
the following from an elevated cmd prompt:

net stop winmgmt [enter]
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter]
ren repository repository.old [enter]
net start winmgmt [enter]

Malke
Click to expand...
 
Kirk said:
Thanks very much! I used the second method and that did the trick I am now
down to just the one firewall! So, meanwhile, any tips on how to get a
totally useless icon out of the control panel? Once upon a time I had AIM
installed and it added "viewpoint media player"
When I uninstalled all that stuff the viewpoint left a blank icon that
just looks like the sheet of paper with the corner folded and I can't do a
thing with it.
Click to expand...

Search for *.cpl files, identify the Viewpoint one, delete it.

Malke
 
This icon has no name - it is just a blank thing first on the list in the
control panel. Also, I clicked the start and typed *.cpl in the search box
and I don't seem to have any??? Thanks again...
 
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