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Old August 18th 05, 05:06 AM
redseadiver
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Hi all. Any help gratefully appreciated. I have XP Home edition with XPSP1
update. I have now installed XPSP2. Each time I boot up my PC and go to
Control Panel/Security Center or Control Panel/Windows Firewall, they both
indicate that the Firewall is 'off'. I then set it to 'on' of course. The
next time I turn my PC off and reboot the setting has been changed to
firewall being 'off'.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled XPSP2 twice with the same result. Why is
this happening please and how do I remedy it?

Best wishes. Sally


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Old August 18th 05, 12:28 PM
Maurice N ~ MVP
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Kindly cease doing any more de-install or re-install of SP2. That might =
lead to more complications.

Check the status of the Windows Firewall. From Start menu, select RUN, =
then type in

SERVICES.MSC Enter-key

Scroll down to Windows Firewall. What is the Status and Startup type ?

One more thing: Do you have a 3rd-party security suite? If so, what is =
it? Does it include a firewall too?
Your XP should only have 1 firewall active on it --- either the Win XP =
firewall, or the 3rd-party firewall.

--=20
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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redseadiver wrote:
Hi all. Any help gratefully appreciated. I have XP Home edition
with XPSP1 update. I have now installed XPSP2. Each time I boot up my
PC and go to Control Panel/Security Center or Control Panel/Windows
Firewall, they both indicate that the Firewall is 'off'. I then set
it to 'on' of course. The next time I turn my PC off and reboot the
setting has been changed to firewall being 'off'.
=20
I have uninstalled and reinstalled XPSP2 twice with the same result.=20
Why is this happening please and how do I remedy it?
=20
Best wishes. Sally

 




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