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Where did my firewall go?????
i just upgraded from Win 98 SE to XP Home Edition last week. I could swear
the firewall was there, now I keep getting a security message saying my firewall is turned off. when I go to control panel's Windows Firewall it tells me that the firewall associated service is not running and if i want to start Internet Connection Sharing, i say yes, then it tells me i can't start it even though I am online. what happened????? |
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Where did my firewall go?????
XP User wrote:
i just upgraded from Win 98 SE to XP Home Edition last week. I could swear the firewall was there, now I keep getting a security message saying my firewall is turned off. when I go to control panel's Windows Firewall it tells me that the firewall associated service is not running and if i want to start Internet Connection Sharing, i say yes, then it tells me i can't start it even though I am online. what happened????? What firewall were you using in Win98? Do you have XP Service Pack 2 installed? Please post back with a better description of your computer, the firewall, how you upgraded (upgrade vs. clean install), and the service pack level. Malke -- MS-MVP Windows User/Shell Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic" |
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