Jussi Grönfors wrote:
> I've had SP2 installed for a long time now, and the firewall seemed to work
> without any problems. All of a sudden my computer got filled with spyware &
> virus' and after a long fight I got rid of them with my antispyware &
> antivirus programs. Anyway, some of the spyware seemed to disable the Windows
> Firewall, and now I can't get it on anymore. It shows a message which says
> 'due to an
> unidentified problem, windows cannot display firewall settings'.
> Anyone knows how to fix this?
Hi,
See if registering the following DLLs helps:
From Start/Run, run the following commands:
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\ATL.DLL
then
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\HNETCFG.DLL
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\NETSHELL.DLL
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\NETCFGX.DLL
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\NETMAN.DLL
Then do a reboot.
If that didn't work, please try this:
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 help, see if this one works:
"Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings" error while
accessing Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm
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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
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