Guest PageMaker Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Hello, I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? Thanks, -- Dennis
Guest poatt Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 RE: Missing Firewall icon I am answering because I have not seen any other answers to this. I am useing a 3rd party Firewall. And the icon on system tray dissapeared. After running "Spybot and AdAware to no avail. I cleared all TIFs and at reboot the icon came back. There must have been something attached to a cookie or sort that hid the firewall access. Don't really know if this would cause the onboard firewall onXP to vanish but you may try this. "PageMaker" wrote: > Hello, > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > Thanks, > -- > Dennis
Guest glee Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon Restore missing icons to the Windows Security Center http://windowsxp.mvps.org/seccentericons.htm -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "PageMaker" <PageMaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41AF74A3-FFE5-48E8-B6DB-44705EDC9C2A@microsoft.com... > Hello, > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > Thanks, > -- > Dennis
Guest Elmo Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon PageMaker wrote: > Hello, > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > Thanks, Open Security Center, click "Change the way Security Center alerts me" and make sure "Firewall" is checked. -- Joe =o)
Guest PageMaker Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon That's the program I did try that did nothing but thanks for responding! -- Dennis "glee" wrote: > Restore missing icons to the Windows Security Center > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/seccentericons.htm > -- > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ > http://dts-l.org/ > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > "PageMaker" <PageMaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:41AF74A3-FFE5-48E8-B6DB-44705EDC9C2A@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > > Thanks, > > -- > > Dennis > >
Guest PageMaker Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon I think this may do it. I will try it at my client's and let you know. Thanks for the heads up. -- Dennis "Elmo" wrote: > PageMaker wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > > Thanks, > > Open Security Center, click "Change the way Security Center alerts me" > and make sure "Firewall" is checked. > > -- > Joe =o) >
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load Delete the value named "firewall.cpl" if found. Close Regedit.exe -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "PageMaker" <PageMaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:358BFEA5-DFD6-4E56-941B-13F1DA3730DA@microsoft.com... That's the program I did try that did nothing but thanks for responding! -- Dennis "glee" wrote: > Restore missing icons to the Windows Security Center > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/seccentericons.htm > -- > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ > http://dts-l.org/ > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > "PageMaker" <PageMaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:41AF74A3-FFE5-48E8-B6DB-44705EDC9C2A@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > > Thanks, > > -- > > Dennis > >
Guest glee Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon Let us know, please, as I kind of doubt it. Unchecking an option there has not removed it from Security Center on machines where I have tested it, but it's worth a try. See Ramesh's reply elsewhere in this thread. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "PageMaker" <PageMaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:457DB03F-3F17-472B-95A3-2B97823D8329@microsoft.com... >I think this may do it. I will try it at my client's and let you know. Thanks > for the heads up. > -- > Dennis > > > "Elmo" wrote: > >> PageMaker wrote: >> > Hello, >> > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The >> > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the >> > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I >> > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? >> > Thanks, >> >> Open Security Center, click "Change the way Security Center alerts me" >> and make sure "Firewall" is checked. >> >> -- >> Joe =o) >>
Guest PageMaker Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: Missing Firewall icon Indeed, that did not work. Thank you all for your suggestions but nothing has done it. In case I didn't make myself clear I will run through this again: The firewall works. Everything fuctions as it should. All registry entries that I can find are there and normal. Firewall.cpl is alive and living at Windows\system32 as it should. I can access the firewall through 'Start; Run; firewall.cpl' and make any and all changes I want. The ONLY glitch in all this is that the icon/link that is normally found in the 'Security Center' is gone. The other 2 are there. The program mentioned in the above post did not fix this issue. In fact, when I first ran it, it took out ALL of the icon/links in 'Security Center'. When I ran it again I checked all 3 boxes and the icon/links came back - except for the Firewall. So, I am still baffled as I have never seen anything like this that can't be fixed simply. Thanks again for all of your help and if you think of anything else - that would be great! Dennis -- Dennis "glee" wrote: > Let us know, please, as I kind of doubt it. > Unchecking an option there has not removed it from Security Center on machines where > I have tested it, but it's worth a try. > > See Ramesh's reply elsewhere in this thread. > -- > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ > http://dts-l.org/ > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > "PageMaker" <PageMaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:457DB03F-3F17-472B-95A3-2B97823D8329@microsoft.com... > >I think this may do it. I will try it at my client's and let you know. Thanks > > for the heads up. > > -- > > Dennis > > > > > > "Elmo" wrote: > > > >> PageMaker wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > I have a client who is missing the Firewall link in Security Center. The > >> > other two are in place and firewall.cpl works fine from run. I've tried the > >> > online utility from, I believe, secsecurity but that doesn't work. How do I > >> > restore the icon and link for the Windows Firewall in Security Center? > >> > Thanks, > >> > >> Open Security Center, click "Change the way Security Center alerts me" > >> and make sure "Firewall" is checked. > >> > >> -- > >> Joe =o) > >> > >
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