Guest Nil Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Several times an hour, the little warning balloon pops up to tell me that Windows Firewall is off... but it's not. It's fully enabled. How can I get it to stop lying to me? I think this computer (not mine) may have had Norton's firewall installed on it at one time, but now that's gone. I have a suspicion that might have something to do with it.
Guest Malke Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall falsely reports being off Nil wrote: > Several times an hour, the little warning balloon pops up to tell me > that Windows Firewall is off... but it's not. It's fully enabled. How > can I get it to stop lying to me? > > I think this computer (not mine) may have had Norton's firewall > installed on it at one time, but now that's gone. I have a suspicion > that might have something to do with it. Refresh the information that Security Center is using. Start>Run>cmd [enter] net stop winmgmt [enter] cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter] ren repository repository.old [enter] net start winmgmt [enter] It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the database. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Nil Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall falsely reports being off On 27 Sep 2007, Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > Refresh the information that Security Center is using. > > Start>Run>cmd [enter] > net stop winmgmt [enter] > cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter] > ren repository repository.old [enter] > net start winmgmt [enter] > > It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the > database. OK! I did it, and so far things seem to be properly quiet. I'm still crossing my fingers, but I have a good feeling about it. Thanks very much for the advice. How did you learn about this trick?
Guest Malke Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall falsely reports being off Nil wrote: > On 27 Sep 2007, Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > >> Refresh the information that Security Center is using. >> >> Start>Run>cmd [enter] >> net stop winmgmt [enter] >> cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter] >> ren repository repository.old [enter] >> net start winmgmt [enter] >> >> It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the >> database. > > OK! I did it, and so far things seem to be properly quiet. I'm still > crossing my fingers, but I have a good feeling about it. > > Thanks very much for the advice. How did you learn about this trick? Let me know if you need more help. I can't remember how I learned about the trick. I think I picked up how to do it with the GUI from a post I found while Googling. I believe that the more elegant command prompt way came from MVP Torgeir Bakken. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Nil Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall falsely reports being off On 27 Sep 2007, Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: >>> Refresh the information that Security Center is using. >>> >>> Start>Run>cmd [enter] >>> net stop winmgmt [enter] >>> cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter] >>> ren repository repository.old [enter] >>> net start winmgmt [enter] > > Let me know if you need more help. I can't remember how I learned > about the trick. I think I picked up how to do it with the GUI > from a post I found while Googling. I believe that the more > elegant command prompt way came from MVP Torgeir Bakken. What's the GUI method?
Guest Malke Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall falsely reports being off Nil wrote: > On 27 Sep 2007, Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > >>>> Refresh the information that Security Center is using. >>>> >>>> Start>Run>cmd [enter] >>>> net stop winmgmt [enter] >>>> cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter] >>>> ren repository repository.old [enter] >>>> net start winmgmt [enter] >> Let me know if you need more help. I can't remember how I learned >> about the trick. I think I picked up how to do it with the GUI >> from a post I found while Googling. I believe that the more >> elegant command prompt way came from MVP Torgeir Bakken. > > What's the GUI method? Start>Run>services.msc [enter] Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click its entry. Stop the service. You can leave this window open. Make sure you can see all hidden files from the Folder Options applet in Control Panel. Then using Windows Explorer (My Computer), navigate to C:\Windows\System32\wbem. Right-click on the repository folder and choose "Rename". Rename it to repository.old. Go back to the Service>Windows Management Instrumentation and restart the service. You may need to reboot the system. The above of course does exactly what the command line method does but is clumsier and takes longer. The command line method is far quicker and more elegant. GUIs are useful but command line work is still the best for some things. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Nil Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Windows Firewall falsely reports being off On 28 Sep 2007, Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > Start>Run>services.msc [enter] > > Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click > its entry. Stop the service. You can leave this window open. > > Make sure you can see all hidden files from the Folder Options > applet in Control Panel. Then using Windows Explorer (My > Computer), navigate to C:\Windows\System32\wbem. Right-click on > the repository folder and choose "Rename". Rename it to > repository.old. > > Go back to the Service>Windows Management Instrumentation and > restart the service. You may need to reboot the system. > > The above of course does exactly what the command line method does > but is clumsier and takes longer. The command line method is far > quicker and more elegant. GUIs are useful but command line work is > still the best for some things. Oh, OK, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that there was a convenient "rebuild repository database" button somewhere. Thanks again for the tip.
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