Re: firewall not working



when my system gave me that message, I had to repair the Winsock to fix it.
from start>run type in
netsh winsock reset

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"lisa" <lisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>i had downloaded the xp pack with the firewall, not sure which one it was
> (you know it, let me know) it worked great, then brilliant me, thought i
> would try the mcafee firewall, which in turn turned off the xp firewall, i
> deleted the mcafee, and now i can't get the xp wall back on, it keeps
> telling me that it can not start the firewall/internet connection sharing
> service... everyone keeps telling me i don't really need it since i'm on
> dial up, but i feel more comfortable with it. i have fought with it for 2
> days and tried everything i have read. If you have any soulitions or
> answers why it is doing that, please i would love the help.


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