Re: Internet Connection Sharing

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:33:26 -0600

In article <#zLk8meuEHA.2828@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, Keith
<Keith@mabushosting.net> wrote:
>> "Keith" <Keith@mabushosting.net> wrote in message
>> news:Os7IM9GuEHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>Im sharing the connection on my network card (cause its connected to my
>>>modem) and I know how to set all that up but the problem Im getting is
>>>this error message comes up and basically tells me:
>>>
>>>An Error occurred while internet connection sharing was being enabled.
>>>
>>>The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
>>>
>>>
>>>now i poked around in the group policy editor before i did this but
>>>every is back to default. did i miss something? plese help!
>>
>> Log to the services in Computer Management and make sure that the service
>>
>> "Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" is
>> enabled.
>
>its not even listed in the services.msc. what the...

If the computer runs XP Service Pack 2, the service is called "Windows
Firewall / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)".

Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? To run it, click
Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | Administrative
Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427 

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