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i cant turn xp firewall on why? the boxes are greyed out

 
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paul

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:18 am
Post subject: i cant turn xp firewall on why? the boxes are greyed out
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i cant turn xp firewall on why? the boxes are greyed out
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:29 pm
Post subject: Re: i cant turn xp firewall on why? the boxes are greyed out [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:2F6B6C82-2937-4FF3-A416-89F458B1AC11@microsoft.com,
paul <paul.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:


> i cant turn xp firewall on why? the boxes are greyed out

Well, this is a Windows 2000 group but is the Windows Firewall service
running?

Start
Run
"services.msc" (no quotes)
Enter
Check and see if it is started - if not then start it.

If it is running then maybe malware? Maybe a third party firewall, security
suite, application has disabled it?

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