Re: Cannot Enable Firewall

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Hugh Mc Conville (hmcconvilleNoSpam_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:16:14 -0500
To: Ted Zieglar <teddyz@notmail.com>

Ted, Found This. Should work.

"Information might be corrupted' when you view network properties in
Windows XP".

In tips 7078 and 7080, I proposed methods of recovering from The Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI) information might be corrupted when you
view network properties in Windows XP.

A simpler alternative, suggested by a reader, is:

1. Open a CMD.exe prompt.

2. Type the following, pressing Enter after each line:

net stop winmgmt
del /q %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository\FS\INDEX.BTR
del /q %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository\FS\OBJECTS.DATA

3. Shutdown and restart Windows XP.

4. Reconfigure ICS and ICF settings because step 2 causes them to be
reset to factory defaults.

OR

A frequent visitor proposes the following quicker / easier alternative:

1. Boot to the Recovery Console.

2. Navigate to the %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository\FS folder.

3. Delete the INDEX.BTR and OBJECTS.DATA files.

4. Exit the Recovery Console.

5. Start Windows XP normally.

6. Reconfigure ICS and ICF settings because step 3 causes them to be
reset to factory defaults.

Ted Zieglar wrote:

>Start > Control Panel > Windows Security Center
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