Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service

I guess I'll call them.

I get those error messages WHILE TRYING TO MANUALLY START THE SERVICE by the
way, so your suggest made no sense.

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
> "Jacob" <Jacob RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BCD24CF0-1A04-4D1D-A1F5-D6A9C868046D@microsoft.com...
> > Did you even read my post? The service crashes on start.
> > That's what the error message came from.
> >
> I read your post. It still doesn't mean you couldn't go and manually start
> the service. I suggest that if you have a retail version of Vista and it's
> within the 180 days period of activation, then call MS for support. What I
> suspect is maybe malware has taken out the FW.
>
>

"Jacob" <Jacob.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0B6868A8-0013-4B0E-870A-3740CCAD14DF@microsoft.com...
>I guess I'll call them.
>
> I get those error messages WHILE TRYING TO MANUALLY START THE SERVICE by
> the
> way, so your suggest made no sense.

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.

Error 5 is typically 'Access Denied'.
from an elevated command prompt, type 'net start mpssvc <enter>'. If the
service doesn't start, type 'sc query mpssvc <enter>' and reply back with
the output.

Even if the service does start, we still need to investigate why it didn't
start on its own.
There are many reasons for it not to start. The easy ones are:
1) another firewall on the box has turned it off to prevent configuration
conflicts between the two programs.
2) a service the firewall depends on is not starting
3) a security profile has been applied to the machine which disables the
service
4) domain group policy has turned it off


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David
Microsoft Windows Networking
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Jacob" <Jacob.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

Wouldn't start.

I think I had SDHelper at one point but that's all, and I don't see why that
would mess up my firewall.

Anyway, here's the sc query text:
SERVICE_NAME:mpssvc
TYPE: 20 WIN32_SHARE_Process
STATE: 1 STOPPED
WIN32_EXIT_CODE: 1066 (0x42a)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE: 5 (0x5)
CHECKPOINT: 0x0
WAIT_HINT: 0x0


thanks for your help!

"David Beder [MSFT]" wrote:

> Error 5 is typically 'Access Denied'.
> from an elevated command prompt, type 'net start mpssvc <enter>'. If the
> service doesn't start, type 'sc query mpssvc <enter>' and reply back with
> the output.
>
> Even if the service does start, we still need to investigate why it didn't
> start on its own.
> There are many reasons for it not to start. The easy ones are:
> 1) another firewall on the box has turned it off to prevent configuration
> conflicts between the two programs.
> 2) a service the firewall depends on is not starting
> 3) a security profile has been applied to the machine which disables the
> service
> 4) domain group policy has turned it off
>
>
> --
> David
> Microsoft Windows Networking
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Jacob" <Jacob DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:167BAEA5-518C-46D4-BE9C-972596D65C1B@microsoft.com...
> > 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?
>
>
>

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Jacob>sc query mpssvc

SERVICE_NAME: mpssvc
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
STATE : 1 STOPPED
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 1066 (0x42a)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 5 (0x5)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x0

C:\Users\Jacob>net start mpssvc
The Windows Firewall service is starting.
The Windows Firewall service could not be started.

A service specific error occurred: 5.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3547.


C:\Users\Jacob>sc query mpssvc

SERVICE_NAME: mpssvc
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
STATE : 1 STOPPED
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 1066 (0x42a)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 5 (0x5)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x0


"David Beder [MSFT]" wrote:

> Error 5 is typically 'Access Denied'.
> from an elevated command prompt, type 'net start mpssvc <enter>'. If the
> service doesn't start, type 'sc query mpssvc <enter>' and reply back with
> the output.
>
> Even if the service does start, we still need to investigate why it didn't
> start on its own.
> There are many reasons for it not to start. The easy ones are:
> 1) another firewall on the box has turned it off to prevent configuration
> conflicts between the two programs.
> 2) a service the firewall depends on is not starting
> 3) a security profile has been applied to the machine which disables the
> service
> 4) domain group policy has turned it off
>
>
> --
> David
> Microsoft Windows Networking
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Jacob" <Jacob.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:167BAEA5-518C-46D4-BE9C-972596D65C1B@microsoft.com...
> > 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?
>
>
>

interesting.
how about some output from "sc qc mpssvc". I'm particularly interested in
the value for service_start_name.

Also, if you can fire up the services control panel, what are the settings
on the log-on and recovery tabs?

--
David
Microsoft Windows Networking
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Jacob" <Jacob.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF29D1EA-6F21-42D3-8F7A-86240C4E2064@microsoft.com...
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\Jacob>sc query mpssvc
>
> SERVICE_NAME: mpssvc
> TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
> STATE : 1 STOPPED
> WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 1066 (0x42a)
> SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 5 (0x5)
> CHECKPOINT : 0x0
> WAIT_HINT : 0x0
>
> C:\Users\Jacob>net start mpssvc
> The Windows Firewall service is starting.
> The Windows Firewall service could not be started.
>
> A service specific error occurred: 5.
>
> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3547.
>
>
> C:\Users\Jacob>sc query mpssvc
>
> SERVICE_NAME: mpssvc
> TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
> STATE : 1 STOPPED
> WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 1066 (0x42a)
> SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 5 (0x5)
> CHECKPOINT : 0x0
> WAIT_HINT : 0x0
>
>
> "David Beder [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Error 5 is typically 'Access Denied'.
>> from an elevated command prompt, type 'net start mpssvc <enter>'. If the
>> service doesn't start, type 'sc query mpssvc <enter>' and reply back with
>> the output.
>>
>> Even if the service does start, we still need to investigate why it
>> didn't
>> start on its own.
>> There are many reasons for it not to start. The easy ones are:
>> 1) another firewall on the box has turned it off to prevent configuration
>> conflicts between the two programs.
>> 2) a service the firewall depends on is not starting
>> 3) a security profile has been applied to the machine which disables the
>> service
>> 4) domain group policy has turned it off
>>
>>
>> --
>> David
>> Microsoft Windows Networking
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>>
>> "Jacob" <Jacob.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:167BAEA5-518C-46D4-BE9C-972596D65C1B@microsoft.com...
>> > 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?
>>
>>
>>