Windows XP windows firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated service is not running.

[Sarala Uppi]

Hi Iam new member to this so actually am having a problem with this erroe message
"windows firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated service is not running do you want to start the windows firewall/internet connection sharing service".
So please any one can help me out in this strugling from past two days....

 

[alow]

It means that the service associated with Windows Firewall is disabled or stopped. Go to Start | Control Panel, then Administrative Tools and open up Services. Scroll down to look for Windows Firewall and double click on it. Make sure that Startup Type is set to Automatic and then click on the start button. If the Startup type was Disabled, you'll have to change it to Automatic, then hit apply, and then Start. Now you should be able to open Windows Firewall from the Control Panel and change the settings.