Can't turn on Windows Firewall

Jan 17, 2006 3 Replies
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Hello all,



I have a Windows XP (with SP2) and I am trying to turn on my Windows Firewall, however, the option is grayed out. I am logged on as administrator. I am not on a domain and all the settings for Windows Firewall are Not Configured in my Local Security Policies. I have run Ad-Aware, Stinger, HiJackThis, and Norton Antivirus and they have not found any malware or viruses. I don't know if a virus or malware had gotten in and changed the registry or what. Any help is greatly appreciated!



Try the following links:

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and search using "windows xp sp2 firewall grayed out" (minus the quote marks)

Wayne McGlinn Brisbane, Oz

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In case anyone comes up with the same problem, I realized that a setting in the registry was changed. I changed it from 0 to 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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