Windows Firewall Settings will not dosplay

[Guest Not Me]

When I try to access the Windows Firewall, I get an error...due to an

unspecified error, windows firewall settings can not be displayed.

I have not installed any third party firewall and Defender, Spybot and AVG8

tell me the machine is clean of spyware.

XP Home SP2

Any idea how I can re-enable the firewall?

 

Norton Secutiry (2005) came on the machine OEM, but was uninstalled long

ago.

I ran the Norton cleanup tool today to be sure it was no longer a problem.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Windows Firewall Settings will not dosplay

 

 

Start, Control Panel, Security Center. In Control Panel there is also

Windows Firewall but try Security Center.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Not Me wrote:

> When I try to access the Windows Firewall, I get an error...due to an

> unspecified error, windows firewall settings can not be displayed.

> I have not installed any third party firewall and Defender, Spybot

> and AVG8 tell me the machine is clean of spyware.

> XP Home SP2

> Any idea how I can re-enable the firewall?

>

> Norton Secutiry (2005) came on the machine OEM, but was uninstalled

> long ago.

> I ran the Norton cleanup tool today to be sure it was no longer a

> problem.

[Guest Not Me]

Re: Windows Firewall Settings will not dosplay

 

I get the same message either place

 

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message

news:OpntmF6yIHA.5816@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

> Start, Control Panel, Security Center. In Control Panel there is also

> Windows Firewall but try Security Center.

>

>

> --

>

>

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Not Me wrote:

>> When I try to access the Windows Firewall, I get an error...due to an

>> unspecified error, windows firewall settings can not be displayed.

>> I have not installed any third party firewall and Defender, Spybot

>> and AVG8 tell me the machine is clean of spyware.

>> XP Home SP2

>> Any idea how I can re-enable the firewall?

>>

>> Norton Secutiry (2005) came on the machine OEM, but was uninstalled

>> long ago.

>> I ran the Norton cleanup tool today to be sure it was no longer a

>> problem.

>

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Windows Firewall Settings will not dosplay

 

Are there any other problems? In particular does Task Manager work? Can

you access Event Viewer? Has AVG 8 or Spybot S & D recently dealt with

any malware attacks?

 

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the

System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last boot in

normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate

which also appear in a previous boot.

 

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,

Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

 

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double

click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a

button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event

Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of

the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from

Event Viewer.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Not Me wrote:

> I get the same message either place

>

> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message

> news:OpntmF6yIHA.5816@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>

>> Start, Control Panel, Security Center. In Control Panel there is also

>> Windows Firewall but try Security Center.

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>>

>>

>> Hope this helps.

>>

>> Gerry

>> ~~~~

>> FCA

>> Stourport, England

>> Enquire, plan and execute

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>> Not Me wrote:

>>> When I try to access the Windows Firewall, I get an error...due to

>>> an unspecified error, windows firewall settings can not be

>>> displayed. I have not installed any third party firewall and

>>> Defender, Spybot

>>> and AVG8 tell me the machine is clean of spyware.

>>> XP Home SP2

>>> Any idea how I can re-enable the firewall?

>>>

>>> Norton Secutiry (2005) came on the machine OEM, but was uninstalled

>>> long ago.

>>> I ran the Norton cleanup tool today to be sure it was no longer a

>>> problem.

[Guest Kelly]

Re: Windows Firewall Settings will not dosplay

 

HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q283673

 

Start/Run: firewall.cpl

 

Firewall On - Firewall Off (Line 386) Right hand side

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

Troubleshooting: Start/Run: wscui.cpl

Start/Run: firewall.cpl

 

Further: Start/Run/CMD

netsh firewall

netsh firewall show state

netsh firewall show config

 

More info:

 

You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920074/en-us

 

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357/

 

 

Added info by MVP Malke:

 

For the error, "Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display

Windows Firewall settings" error, try:

 

Start>Run regsvr32 hnetcfg.dll [enter]

 

--

 

All the Best,

Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

 

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

SupportSpace

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/supportspace.htm

 

 

"Not Me" <cargod01@bresnan.net> wrote in message

news:%23wzw$x5yIHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> When I try to access the Windows Firewall, I get an error...due to an

> unspecified error, windows firewall settings can not be displayed.

> I have not installed any third party firewall and Defender, Spybot and

> AVG8 tell me the machine is clean of spyware.

> XP Home SP2

> Any idea how I can re-enable the firewall?

>

> Norton Secutiry (2005) came on the machine OEM, but was uninstalled long

> ago.

> I ran the Norton cleanup tool today to be sure it was no longer a problem.

>