Firewall after KB94121202, KB933729, KB939653

Using WinXP I did all 3 updates together. Everything works fine, but, now I
get a yellow warning that pops up from the taskbar saying that my firewall
is turned off. Not true, it's on.

Is there a known issue with any of these 3 updates that confuses the
security center? After a couple of minutes I am able to connect using a
modem, but there is now a delay.

Stumpy,

Which antivirus/security suite is installed ? Is/was there a 3rd party
firewall used prior to enabling the native Windows firewall ?

BTW, there is no KB94121202. The KBs have only 6 numbers <w>

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Stumpy wrote:

> Using WinXP I did all 3 updates together. Everything works fine, but, now I
> get a yellow warning that pops up from the taskbar saying that my firewall
> is turned off. Not true, it's on.
>
> Is there a known issue with any of these 3 updates that confuses the
> security center? After a couple of minutes I am able to connect using a
> modem, but there is now a delay.
>
>

> Stumpy,
>
> Which antivirus/security suite is installed ? Is/was there a 3rd party
> firewall used prior to enabling the native Windows firewall ?
>
> BTW, there is no KB94121202. The KBs have only 6 numbers <w>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
>

Its just the built in XP firewall. None other.

I meant KB941202, gotta stop listening to music when I compute!

> *** Which antivirus/security suite is installed ? ***

Try this ... go to Start > Run > copy&paste the below into the Open: line

netsh winsock reset
Click OK or press Enter
Restart the system.
Did that resolve the issue ?
If not, then try this :

> 1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
> 2. At the command prompt, type the following command line, and then press ENTER:
>
> Rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf
>
> 3. Restart Windows,
> 4. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
> 5. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> Netsh firewall reset
> 6. Click Start, click Run, type firewall.cpl, and then press ENTER. In the Windows Firewall dialog box, click On (recommended), and then click OK.

From: You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920074

Note: The command is case sensitive and there are spaces that *must* be
included.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Stumpy wrote:

>>Stumpy,
>>
>>Which antivirus/security suite is installed ? Is/was there a 3rd party
>>firewall used prior to enabling the native Windows firewall ?
>>
>>BTW, there is no KB94121202. The KBs have only 6 numbers <w>
>>
>>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
>>
>
>
> Its just the built in XP firewall. None other.
>
> I meant KB941202, gotta stop listening to music when I compute!
>
>

>
> Try this ... go to Start > Run > copy&paste the below into the Open: line
>
> netsh winsock reset
> Click OK or press Enter
> Restart the system.
> Did that resolve the issue ?
> If not, then try this :
>
>> 1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
>> 2. At the command prompt, type the following command line, and then press
>> ENTER:
> >
>> Rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132
>> %windir%\inf\netrass.inf
>>
>> 3. Restart Windows,
>> 4. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
>> 5. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press
>> ENTER:
>> Netsh firewall reset
>> 6. Click Start, click Run, type firewall.cpl, and then press ENTER. In
>> the Windows Firewall dialog box, click On (recommended), and then click
>> OK.
>
> From: You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP SP2
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920074
>
> Note: The command is case sensitive and there are spaces that *must* be
> included.
>
>

Thanks, can't do it till Monday. I'll try then.