Turning on the windows firewall

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Yesterday, my computer suddenly turned off the windows firewall. When i go to
the security centre, to turn the firewall back on, i receive the following
message:

1) Windows firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
service is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) Service?

I then select yes, but i get a second message.

2) Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS) Service?

How do I turn the firewall back on? Would appreciate a quick response as I
am currently without a firewall.

Many Thanks.
 
Green said:
Yesterday, my computer suddenly turned off the windows firewall. When i go to
the security centre, to turn the firewall back on, i receive the following
message:

1) Windows firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
service is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) Service?

I then select yes, but i get a second message.

2) Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS) Service?

How do I turn the firewall back on? Would appreciate a quick response as I
am currently without a firewall.
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Hi,

Please try this:

Start/Run --> cmd.exe

and then, in the command prompt that opened up, type:

netsh.exe winsock reset

and hit Enter. Follow prompts and reboot.


After resetting winsock you should re-install any applications which
are layered service providers (lsp). typical apps of this nature are
firewalls and anti-virus/anti-spyware.


If the above didn't fix the problem, take a look here:

"Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings" error while
accessing Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm
 
thanks, that helped solve the problem.

Torgeir Bakken (MVP) said:
Hi,

Please try this:

Start/Run --> cmd.exe

and then, in the command prompt that opened up, type:

netsh.exe winsock reset

and hit Enter. Follow prompts and reboot.


After resetting winsock you should re-install any applications which
are layered service providers (lsp). typical apps of this nature are
firewalls and anti-virus/anti-spyware.


If the above didn't fix the problem, take a look here:

"Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings" error while
accessing Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
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