Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service
When I try to start windows fire wall i get a pop up telling me the service
isn't running, and I tell the pop-up to start the service.
It then says that the service has failed to start.
It gives me the service-specific error code 5. (0x5)
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Any way to reinstall the windows firewall service?
Re: Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service
In the Start Search box type services.msc and press the Enter key. Make sure
all the services that say Automatic are started. Once they are all running
reboot the computer. You may have to do this a couple of times. I don't know
if this will work in Vista but I saw an XP computer with the exact same
symptom today. This procedure fixed it. Something had interrupted the
Windows Update process and many automatic services weren't starting on boot.
As soon as I started all the services manually Windows Update finished
installing something and a couple of reboots later all was good.
Re: Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service
Well, I have had a service terminate or stop that I have written. I went and
started the service and it started. So, it made perfect sense to me that you
went and tried to start a service manually.
Anyway, call MS and see if they can help you.
Like I said, you probably have malware that has compromised the machine and
it has taken/knocked out the FW, WITH YOU SITTING AT THE HELM, CAPTAIN. :)
Re: Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service
This worked for me:
Go into the registry editor and browse to the following keys. You will need to set the permissions for the following account NT Service\MpsSvc. The correct value is below the location path.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Epoch
Query Value;Set Value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy
Full Control;Read
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Defaults\FirewallPolicy
Full Control;Read
For the DHCP Client service, the issue may occur if the “NT Service\DHCP” account does not have the necessary permissions for the following keys:
Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp
permission needed: Query value, Create value, Enumerate Subkeys, Notify, Read Control
Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp\Configurations
permission needed: Full Control, Read
For the “Diagnostic Policy Service” service, the issue may occur when the account Trustedinstaller is missing the permissions for the key below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DPS\Parameters
permission needed: Full Control, Read
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943996
Re: Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service
When you run Regedit and navagate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SharedAccess\Epoch, you have to Right-Click on EPOCH and select Permissions. This will open the permissions for the EPOCH key. Select MpsSvc. The permissions for MpsSvc will be displayed with checkmarks showing you what level of permission the account has (you make have to select the Special Permissions button at the bottom of the Permissions window). Make sure that Query Value & Set Value are checked, if they are not check them and hit OK. You will need to do this for each Registry Key listed in the MS fix.
Personally, this did not fix my issue as the permissions were set correctly.