Try this newsgroup instead: microsoft.public.windows.server.security.
See the "How to obtain help" section of
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978542
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Shawn D. wrote:
> I recently tried to install update KB978542 on Windows Server 2003 SP2
> Standard Edition with ISA Server 2004 version 4.0.2167.909 installed.
> After
> the update was installed and I rebooted the Microsoft Firewall service
> would
> not start and I had no Internet connectivity. The service was listed as
> "Starting" and in the System event log we got an event ID of 7022 and the
> description was "The Microsoft Firewall service hung on starting. After I
> uninstalled the update everything worked fine.
>
> Has anyone else with ISA Server experienced this problem? Is there a
> solution by Microsoft?