Re: SP2 Firewall turned off by default

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From: Pat \(MSFT\) (pfetty_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:48:39 -0700

Chances are the issue you are hitting is that some third party firewall
applications will shut down the Windows Firewall by simply stopping or
disabling the service at boot. This is why when you go into the control
panel applet for the firewall, you are seeing it being set to off. In other
words, some application (most likely your firewall) that is running with
administrative priveleges is the one that is stopping the firewall service.

I hope this helps... 

-- 
Pat Fetty
Microsoft Windows Networking Division
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message 
news:Oa9IT63jEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I would not even use the SP2 Windows Firewall if your satisfied with ZA.
>
> Here is guidance from Microsoft on this issue...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/firewall.mspx
>
> Q. Should I use a non-Microsoft personal firewall instead of the built-in 
> Internet Connection
> Firewall?
>
> A. If you already have a non-Microsoft firewall on your computer, you 
> should continue to use it. If
> you do not have a firewall, then you have a choice. If you want a simple 
> firewall that is very easy
> to configure, then you should use the Windows XP Internet Connection 
> Firewall. If you want more
> advanced control over the traffic that passes through your computer and 
> you also want to block
> outgoing traffic (that is the traffic from your computer out to the 
> Internet) then choose a personal
> firewall from another company.
>
> -- 
>    Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
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> benefit of all of us...
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>
> "John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:390d01c48f7c$da7824c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>
>>>Have you looked in
>>>Start>Control Panel>Windows firewall
>>>and turn firewall on from there?
>>>
>>
>> When I go through that, the firewall is set to "off". I
>> switched it to "on", and did a test restart. I went back
>> through the control panel, and the button is set back
>> to "off". I turned off Zone Alarm's "load at startup"
>> setting, restarted again, then checked the Windows
>> firewall settings through the control panel, and the
>> Windows firewall was "on". It looks like the Zone Alarm
>> and Windows firewalls are not getting along. Any way I can
>> still run both and avoid a conflict? Is it even worth
>> running both? Thanks so much for your help so far
>>
>> -John
>
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