Windows firewall in Vista Windows security centre

Every time I shut off, hibernate or put my laptop to sleep it turns off the
fire wall and so i'm having to continually turn it back on again every time i
use it - I have no other fire wall programme on the laptop.

Please help!

In the Start Search box of the Start Menu, type services.msc. Is the
Windows Firewall service set to be Automatic at startup?

In the Start Menu type devmgmt.msc, and open Device Manager. On the View
tab, choose "Devices by connection" and put a check next to "Show hidden
devices". Look for Windows Firewall Authorization Driver (it will have a
gold gear icon). Double-click that, and on the Driver tab, make sure the
Startup type is set to "Demand".

"Kirsty" <Kirsty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:34A62957-0883-4893-A0ED-062E8708B757@microsoft.com...

> Every time I shut off, hibernate or put my laptop to sleep it turns off
> the
> fire wall and so i'm having to continually turn it back on again every
> time i
> use it - I have no other fire wall programme on the laptop.
>
> Please help!

Right, I've got to the 'sevices' window but i don't have a view tab or
anything where i can choose 'show hidden devices'. The only tabs are
'extended' and 'standard' and the only mention of 'view' is on the top menu
and doesn't have the required option.

Windows firewall shows with a blue gear wheel (so i assume its not the right
one), when i go into it it gives start up options of 'automatic' (which it
was already set to), automatic (delayed start), manual and disabled - no
option for for 'demand'

"dean-dean" wrote:

> In the Start Search box of the Start Menu, type services.msc. Is the
> Windows Firewall service set to be Automatic at startup?
>
> In the Start Menu type devmgmt.msc, and open Device Manager. On the View
> tab, choose "Devices by connection" and put a check next to "Show hidden
> devices". Look for Windows Firewall Authorization Driver (it will have a
> gold gear icon). Double-click that, and on the Driver tab, make sure the
> Startup type is set to "Demand".
>
> "Kirsty" <Kirsty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:34A62957-0883-4893-A0ED-062E8708B757@microsoft.com...

>
>

Your Services setting looks to be fine. You can close that window. The
second thing I was talking about is a different console, called devmgmt.msc,
or Device Manager. This where you'll find View in the menu.

"Kirsty" <Kirsty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D26DC74-D984-4297-85E7-BFEB2C16EB79@microsoft.com...

> Right, I've got to the 'sevices' window but i don't have a view tab or
> anything where i can choose 'show hidden devices'. The only tabs are
> 'extended' and 'standard' and the only mention of 'view' is on the top
> menu
> and doesn't have the required option.
>
> Windows firewall shows with a blue gear wheel (so i assume its not the
> right
> one), when i go into it it gives start up options of 'automatic' (which it
> was already set to), automatic (delayed start), manual and disabled - no
> option for for 'demand'
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>

Got it - think this has done the trick, many thanks

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Your Services setting looks to be fine. You can close that window. The
> second thing I was talking about is a different console, called devmgmt.msc,
> or Device Manager. This where you'll find View in the menu.
>
> "Kirsty" <Kirsty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6D26DC74-D984-4297-85E7-BFEB2C16EB79@microsoft.com...

>
>

sorry, my bad, it's still doing it - also noticed that the firewall turns off
every time the wireless internet connection drops off

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Your Services setting looks to be fine. You can close that window. The
> second thing I was talking about is a different console, called devmgmt.msc,
> or Device Manager. This where you'll find View in the menu.
>
> "Kirsty" <Kirsty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6D26DC74-D984-4297-85E7-BFEB2C16EB79@microsoft.com...

>
>

Kirsty, Mine does the same thing only when connecting or reconnecting to the
internet. Any fixes yet??

"Kirsty" wrote:

> sorry, my bad, it's still doing it - also noticed that the firewall turns off
> every time the wireless internet connection drops off
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>

Hello everybody,
A long time passed since this thread; I have exactly the same problem, is
there a solution yet??
Thanks!

"Kirsty" wrote:

> sorry, my bad, it's still doing it - also noticed that the firewall turns off
> every time the wireless internet connection drops off
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:48:00 -0700, Armin
<Armin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello everybody,
>A long time passed since this thread; I have exactly the same problem, is
>there a solution yet??
>Thanks!

Yes, a VERY long time. And though you quoted a lot of material, it
included more than one post/reply and is difficult to read.

You should start a new thread, and give a detailed description of your
problem and what you have already tried to do to fix it.

Hello Nonny,
My problem is exactly as described in this and several other threads:
The Windows firewall on my Acer 5715Z laptop with Vista Home Basic reverts
to OFF when the laptop wakes up from standby or after turning it on.
I defined it as ON several times, and I also checked all the suggestions in
this thread (the CAPS at the end of the steps are my answer):
1. In the Start Search box of the Start Menu, type services.msc. Is the
Windows Firewall service set to be Automatic at startup? YES, IT IS
2. In the Start Menu type devmgmt.msc, and open Device Manager. On the View
tab, choose "Devices by connection" and put a check next to "Show hidden
devices". Look for Windows Firewall Authorization Driver (it will have a
gold gear icon). Double-click that, and on the Driver tab, make sure the
Startup type is set to "Demand". YES, IT IS.

Thank you for the response, I didn't find any solution on the web and forums,
Armin

"Nonny" wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:48:00 -0700, Armin
> <Armin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

>
> Yes, a VERY long time. And though you quoted a lot of material, it
> included more than one post/reply and is difficult to read.
>
> You should start a new thread, and give a detailed description of your
> problem and what you have already tried to do to fix it.
>
>