xp service pack 2, firewall not working..

After I downloaded and installed the xp service pack 2, the firewall was
turned off. When I clicked on 'recommendations' in the windows security
window, it says that the secyrity center cannot turn on the firewall, and
tells me to do so myself.
When I try to do so, I get the 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 (ICS) service?
CLicking 'yes' I get the message: Windows cannot start the Windows
Firewall/ICS service...

Any suggestions??

Hi Ed_the_dork,

See if the information in this MSKB article helps you resolve the problem:
After you run Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), you have network-related
problems, or you receive an error message
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

another option would be to d/load and run winsockxpfix:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Ed_the_dork" <> wrote in message
news:71D86DF0-ED46-4269-8198-...
> After I downloaded and installed the xp service pack 2, the firewall was
> turned off. When I clicked on 'recommendations' in the windows security
> window, it says that the secyrity center cannot turn on the firewall, and
> tells me to do so myself.
> When I try to do so, I get the 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 (ICS) service?
> CLicking 'yes' I get the message: Windows cannot start the Windows
> Firewall/ICS service...
>
> Any suggestions??

That did the job!!

Thank you very much!


Regards

Ed

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> Hi Ed_the_dork,
>
> See if the information in this MSKB article helps you resolve the problem:
> After you run Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), you have network-related
> problems, or you receive an error message
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350
>
> another option would be to d/load and run winsockxpfix:
> http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "Ed_the_dork" <> wrote in message
> news:71D86DF0-ED46-4269-8198-...
> > After I downloaded and installed the xp service pack 2, the firewall was
> > turned off. When I clicked on 'recommendations' in the windows security
> > window, it says that the secyrity center cannot turn on the firewall, and
> > tells me to do so myself.
> > When I try to do so, I get the 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 (ICS) service?
> > CLicking 'yes' I get the message: Windows cannot start the Windows
> > Firewall/ICS service...
> >
> > Any suggestions??
>
>
>

You're very welcome! :-)



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Ed_the_dork" <> wrote in message
news:B5E1ACD5-0470-46EB-872E-...
> That did the job!!
>
> Thank you very much!
>
>
> Regards
>
> Ed
>
> "Patti MacLeod" wrote:
>
> > Hi Ed_the_dork,
> >
> > See if the information in this MSKB article helps you resolve the
problem:
> > After you run Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), you have
network-related
> > problems, or you receive an error message
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350
> >
> > another option would be to d/load and run winsockxpfix:
> > http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Patti MacLeod
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> >
> > "Ed_the_dork" <> wrote in message
> > news:71D86DF0-ED46-4269-8198-...
> > > After I downloaded and installed the xp service pack 2, the firewall
was
> > > turned off. When I clicked on 'recommendations' in the windows
security
> > > window, it says that the secyrity center cannot turn on the firewall,
and
> > > tells me to do so myself.
> > > When I try to do so, I get the 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 (ICS) service?
> > > CLicking 'yes' I get the message: Windows cannot start the Windows
> > > Firewall/ICS service...
> > >
> > > Any suggestions??
> >
> >
> >