Windows Firewall is off and cannot turn on...

[Amarillo]

Windows Firewall is off and i cannot turn it on. It will not allow me to
access the firewall from the control panel or from the security pop-up. What
can i do?

[Mark L. Ferguson]

the netsh command in SP2 can rebuild your Winsock. Open the command prompt and type: netsh winsock reset , then press ENTER.

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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Amarillo" > wrote in message ...
> Windows Firewall is off and i cannot turn it on. It will not allow me to
> access the firewall from the control panel or from the security pop-up. What
> can i do?