Re: Firewall for Windows Xp

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You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892199/en-us

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"juliet4life84" wrote:

| I can't seem to turn on my firewall and when I go into the comtrol panel and
| try going into the Windows Firewall folder I get a message that says "
| Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed becasue the associated service
| is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
| Sharing (ICS) service?" and of course I click yes then it tries to start up
| but then I'm given this following message "Windows cannot start the Windows
| Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service." so what does all this
| mean? is there another way around this? can someone help me set up a
| firewall to protect my computer??

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