Re: sudden loss of windows firewall

When I did that, I got this message:
The application failed to start because MPRAPI.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix the problem.

(I had been running msn spyware for about 10 days when the firewall died)

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> the netsh command in SP2 can rebuild your Winsock. Open the command prompt and type: netsh winsock reset , then press ENTER.
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> Mark L. Ferguson
> FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> ..
> "Mystika" <Mystika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:94587EF6-78D3-4EA5-9F2B-EB396E49F36F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I've been running windows firewall with no problems. Suddenly it turned
> > itself off and I cannot manually turn it back on...I get an error message
> > saying that windows cannot start ICS (internet sharing connection services).
> >
> > Why? I need the firewall and this is a real, registered version of Win XP.
>
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>
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