Windows firewall unable to start service

When trying to check windows firewall settings from Control Panel->Security
Center, it says:

"Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
service is not running. Do you want to start it???"

This service is the WIndows Firewall/ICS service. In trying to start it, I
get the message:

"Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/ICS service."

What is going on? I think this is my problem for not be able to get onto
the Internet via wirelesss card. Connected to network, but unable internet.

Additional info. Running XP Pro SP2. Norton antivirus.
When I try to run netsh winsock reset, get message:

Unable to reset the Winsock Catalog.
The System cannot find the file specified.

NAV has possibly damaged the Visual Basic Runtime. You can attempt to
reregister it, but, it doesn't sound as if it will.
Try that first by going to Start, Run, type in

regsvr32 msvbm60.dll

Click OK. If you get an error message, then download and install:

Visual Basic 6.0 SP5: Run-Time Redistribution Pack (vbrun60sp5.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...D-CDF2D29A79D5

Then run netsh winsock reset to restore the Winsock.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
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ens wrote:

> Additional info. Running XP Pro SP2. Norton antivirus.
> When I try to run netsh winsock reset, get message:
>
> Unable to reset the Winsock Catalog.
> The System cannot find the file specified.

"ens" wrote:

> When trying to check windows firewall settings from Control Panel->Security
> Center, it says:
>
> "Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated
> service is not running. Do you want to start it???"
>
> This service is the WIndows Firewall/ICS service. In trying to start it, I
> get the message:
>
> "Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/ICS service."
>
> What is going on? I think this is my problem for not be able to get onto
> the Internet via wirelesss card. Connected to network, but unable internet.


I have the same problem. Any solution?

[muarrif]

I am having the same problem as well but under Windows VISTA 32bit.

Any solutions yet?

>> I am having the same problem

And the problem is?

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"muarrif" <muarrif.2tg03f@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:muarrif.2tg03f@DoNotSpam.com...

I am having the same problem as well but under Windows VISTA 32bit.

Any solutions yet?


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[muarrif]

I was having a problem where I could not turn on the fire wall under Vista security center. I tried several different methods and did countless installations and uninstalls of AVG. AVG team spent three week at it too but we had no joy. So I had to re-image my PC to an image that was 3 months old and lost any data for those three months.

All ok now after reinstalling and installing a fresh copy of AVG with internet security modules.