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xpsp2 firewall
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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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 ----- 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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