Windows firewall of SP2

Hey guys, I updated my com to SP2 recently using the windows update. But when
I tried to open the Windows Firewall in the control panel, 'due to an
unidentified problem, windows cannot display firewall settings' will appear
and I can't on my Windows firewall. When I installed SP2, I had an anti-virus
trial program which provided a firewall too, but now it expired and I need to
on the Windows firewall. Anyway the trial anti-virus program is Trend Micro
PC-cillin Internet Security 2006. I still can't open 'Windows Firewall' even
after deleting the anti-virus program.

Sdq wrote:

> Hey guys, I updated my com to SP2 recently using the windows update. But when
> I tried to open the Windows Firewall in the control panel, 'due to an
> unidentified problem, windows cannot display firewall settings' will appear
> and I can't on my Windows firewall. When I installed SP2, I had an anti-virus
> trial program which provided a firewall too, but now it expired and I need to
> on the Windows firewall. Anyway the trial anti-virus program is Trend Micro
> PC-cillin Internet Security 2006. I still can't open 'Windows Firewall' even
> after deleting the anti-virus program.
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


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

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

worked for me, I tried the first two with no success. Thanks for the help.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Sdq wrote:
>
> > Hey guys, I updated my com to SP2 recently using the windows update. But when
> > I tried to open the Windows Firewall in the control panel, 'due to an
> > unidentified problem, windows cannot display firewall settings' will appear
> > and I can't on my Windows firewall. When I installed SP2, I had an anti-virus
> > trial program which provided a firewall too, but now it expired and I need to
> > on the Windows firewall. Anyway the trial anti-virus program is Trend Micro
> > PC-cillin Internet Security 2006. I still can't open 'Windows Firewall' even
> > after deleting the anti-virus program.
> 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
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>