On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:34:42 -0500, Daave wrote:
HANGMAN wrote:
Help please--My wife's thinkpad has xp home, serv pack3. No matter
how many times I enable windows firewall it always is turned off when
I reboot. I go to security center and set it. I also set it thru my
wireless connection. But sure enough when I reboot I get the little
red shield in the tray telling me no firewall. Any ideas?
Thankyou for any and all help.
Try this:
Start | Run
In the Open box, type:
services.msc
Click OK. Scroll down to Windows Firewall.
What is the Startup Type?
Also, more information is needed.
When did this situation begin? Are you aware of anything specific
happening immediately preceding when this first started happening?
You can also configure a Clean Boot (after re-enabling the Firewall of
course):
Start | Run
In the Open box, type:
msconfig
Click OK.
In the General tab, click Selective Startup. Click OK and reboot.
Is the Windows Firewall on?
(Remember to undo the Clean Boot -- by selecting Normal Startup in the
General Tab -- when you are finished troubleshooting.)
HANGMAN wrote:
Help please--My wife's thinkpad has xp home, serv pack3. No matter
how many times I enable windows firewall it always is turned off when
I reboot. I go to security center and set it. I also set it thru my
wireless connection. But sure enough when I reboot I get the little
red shield in the tray telling me no firewall. Any ideas?
Thankyou for any and all help.
Try this:
Start | Run
In the Open box, type:
services.msc
Click OK. Scroll down to Windows Firewall.
What is the Startup Type?
Also, more information is needed.
When did this situation begin? Are you aware of anything specific
happening immediately preceding when this first started happening?
You can also configure a Clean Boot (after re-enabling the Firewall of
course):
Start | Run
In the Open box, type:
msconfig
Click OK.
In the General tab, click Selective Startup. Click OK and reboot.
Is the Windows Firewall on?
(Remember to undo the Clean Boot -- by selecting Normal Startup in the
General Tab -- when you are finished troubleshooting.)
The startup type is automatic under services. Well there is alittle more
to my problem here--My wife is outa town so I thought i'd clean up her
laptop. First I notice I could not boot without the little red shield
coming up. It says no firewall can be detected. Then I notice that she
could no longer see the shared folders on my desktop (configured the same)
cable broadband with a linksys router. It's gota be related because in
services it says "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection sharing (ICS). I
can see her laptop shared folders on the network but she can't see mine.
She's done something here.
After rebooting after choosing selective startup the firewall service
shows it is running however when I check the Security ctr it is not
enabled and the little red shield is there again.
bummer.
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