Lost my firewall

>I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Merzhin
> Brittany - France
>

> OK, Start > Run > services.msc > Double click on the "Windows Firewall"
> service and select the Startup type to Automatic and click on Start to
> start the service. Have a nother try )
>
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> Zack Whittaker
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> "Merzhin" <keguellecATmsn.com> wrote in message
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>>I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
>> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
>> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Merzhin
>> Brittany - France
>>

>
>

> I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>
> Thanks

> Is this Windows XP or Windows Vista? Have you tried using System restore
> to see if it will fix this issue?
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> Andre
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> "Merzhin" <keguellecATmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23C1EKW0TGHA.1868@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

>>I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
>> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
>> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Merzhin
>> Brittany - France
>>

>
>

> Thanks Zack,
> But I've already tried to start the Firewall service and this is precisely
> the message I've got.
> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>
> --
> Merzhin
> Brittany - France
> "Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> a écrit dans le message
> de news: enQeg00TGHA.4300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

>> OK, Start > Run > services.msc > Double click on the "Windows Firewall"
>> service and select the Startup type to Automatic and click on Start to
>> start the service. Have a nother try )
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> cleared that up!
>>
>>
>> --- Original message follows ---
>> "Merzhin" <keguellecATmsn.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23C1EKW0TGHA.1868@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

>>>I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
>>> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
>>> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>>> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> --
>>> Merzhin
>>> Brittany - France
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

> Are you using Norton Systemworks out of interest? I know someone who lost
> the firewall functionality after installing that on XP, maybe it could the
> same issue...?
>
> Scøtt
> Live Messenger FAQs - http://wlm.scottisafool.co.uk/
>
> Merzhin wrote:

>> I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
>> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
>> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>>
>> Thanks

> Maybe you could just do a reinstall over 5308, not necessarily
> reinstalling, but upgrade the existing installation with the 5308 DVD.
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> Andre
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> "Merzhin" <keguellecATmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:uBt$O70TGHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks Zack,
>> But I've already tried to start the Firewall service and this is
>> precisely the message I've got.
>> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>>
>> --
>> Merzhin
>> Brittany - France
>> "Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> a écrit dans le
>> message de news: enQeg00TGHA.4300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

>>> OK, Start > Run > services.msc > Double click on the "Windows Firewall"
>>> service and select the Startup type to Automatic and click on Start to
>>> start the service. Have a nother try )
>>>
>>> --
>>> Zack Whittaker
>>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>>> not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>> cleared that up!
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Original message follows ---
>>> "Merzhin" <keguellecATmsn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23C1EKW0TGHA.1868@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
>>>> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this
>>>> messege:
>>>> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
>>>> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> --
>>>> Merzhin
>>>> Brittany - France
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

>I have disabled my firewall to test ports in Live Messenger 8.
> When I tried to re-enable it, even running as admin, I got this messege:
> "windows cannot start the Windows Firewall service."
> Where could be the problem and how to fix this issue?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Merzhin
> Brittany - France
>