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windows xp & firewall.
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. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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windows xp & firewall.
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? What security software (antivirus, etc) is installed and is it up to date? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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windows xp & firewall.
On Feb 7, 3:55*pm, 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. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:http://www.opera.com/mail/ The firewall, protection and recovery componets are a popular target for malicious software, so try to eliminate malicious software first: Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining issues: Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs: Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/ SUPERAntiSpywa (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/ They can be uninstalled later if desired. Are you now or have you ever run any kind or Norton, Symantec, McAfee, Spybot, ZoneAlarm products? FYI: If you are using another firewall (it is a user choice), it is generally not a good idea to run the Windows firewall at the same time - pick one or the other. You should run some kind of firewall though. If you have another firewall and like it better, you can leave the Windows firewall off and stop the reminder message about it. |
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windows xp & firewall.
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:22:05 -0500, Shenan Stanley
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? What security software (antivirus, etc) is installed and is it up to date? microsoft security essentials--yes it is update to date. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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windows xp & firewall.
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:51:01 -0500, Jose wrote:
On Feb 7, 3:55 pm, 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. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:http://www.opera.com/mail/ The firewall, protection and recovery componets are a popular target for malicious software, so try to eliminate malicious software first: Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining issues: Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs: Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/ SUPERAntiSpywa (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/ They can be uninstalled later if desired. Are you now or have you ever run any kind or Norton, Symantec, McAfee, Spybot, ZoneAlarm products? FYI: If you are using another firewall (it is a user choice), it is generally not a good idea to run the Windows firewall at the same time - pick one or the other. You should run some kind of firewall though. If you have another firewall and like it better, you can leave the Windows firewall off and stop the reminder message about it. No I ran mbam earlier this morning and didn't find any bugs.. Yes i used to use macafee, however i uninstalled it completely and installed microsoft security essentials. I have other machines and this is not an issue with firewall. The other machines are configured the same. Just this laptop. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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windows xp & firewall.
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.) |
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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. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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windows xp & firewall.
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. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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windows xp & firewall.
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:42:41 -0500, HANGMAN wrote:
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. Opera's news reader is goofing at times. Sorry about the double posting. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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