Service Pack 2 and Firewall

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I have
no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

When you downloaded sp 2 there should be a Windows
firewall icon in the control panel, click that and see if it is turned off.
Hope this helps, Bill
"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23yP88rM7EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I
> have no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi

How do mean you can't turn the Firewall on? Go to Control Panel>Security
Center and then click on 'Windows Firewall' at the bottom of the screen.

--


Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23yP88rM7EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I
> have no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Forget the XP firewall, and get a real (two-way) firewall.

The latest FREE firewall from Zone Alarm is compatible with SP2.

If you have never had a firewall, be aware that you need to "train" them.
By default they block nearly everything trying to go out (not XP firewall),
then popup to alert you and then you need to click yes or no and either this
time only or always. You may also need to add certains web addresses to the
list of good guys for some products to work. For example, with Zone Alarm I
had to add the web address for the symantec corparation to get my Norton
Antivirus updates.

Still, in today's world, you do want a firewall, and after the initial
setup, they are well worth the trouble, compared to the trouble you can get
if you do not have one. For example, I had a friend without one that had a
dialer program creep onto his PC. One evening, just after midnight, it
placed a call to some pay-by-the minute porn site in Africa. The bill was
over $60. Fortunately the phone company was well aware of that scam and
removed the charges. In aditionato a firewall, he now also uses Spybot
Search & Destroy (free) to capture/kill such programs.

"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23yP88rM7EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I
> have no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Yes, that is what I tried, but it can't be turned on!
"Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uALrSwM7EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> How do mean you can't turn the Firewall on? Go to Control Panel>Security
> Center and then click on 'Windows Firewall' at the bottom of the screen.
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23yP88rM7EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I
>> have no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi C,

Right click your connection in the networking folder, select properties and
go to the advanced tab - this should tell you if the firewall is on or not.

Alternately, click start/run and type services.msc, then click ok. Scroll
down to the firewall service and make sure it is running. If not,
double-click it, then set the startup type to automatic. Click apply/ok and
reboot.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23YpXvAN7EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Yes, that is what I tried, but it can't be turned on!
> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uALrSwM7EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> How do mean you can't turn the Firewall on? Go to Control Panel>Security
>> Center and then click on 'Windows Firewall' at the bottom of the screen.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>> "C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23yP88rM7EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I
>>> have no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Did you have your anti-virus turned on when you installed SP2?
If so, uninstall SP2 ( Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs. Then turn off
your anti-virus and re-install SP2.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx


"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23YpXvAN7EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
> Yes, that is what I tried, but it can't be turned on!
> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uALrSwM7EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> How do mean you can't turn the Firewall on? Go to Control
>> Panel>Security Center and then click on 'Windows Firewall' at the
>> bottom of the screen. --
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>> "C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23yP88rM7EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn
>>> on. I have no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

C Tate wrote:
> After installing service pack 2 I cannot get the firewall to turn on. I have
> no other firewalls installed. Any ideas?
>
>
I have some good ones listed on my site.
http://www.geocities.com/maxpro4u/madmax.html
-max
--
Keeping Windows Clean: http://www.geocities.com/maxpro4u/madmax.html
Virus Cleaning+Fixes: http://www.geocities.com/maxpro4u/TechPros
Change nomail.afraid.org to neo.rr.com so you can reply by e-mail
(nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for
use in Usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom