I recently acquired a hand me down computer for a friend of mine. I am in the process of configuring it with Windows XP SP3 and I noticed that all options to turn on/off the Windows firewall are grayed out and inactive, even under the administrator account. The PC came from a business which employs it's own firewall; so, there was no need for Windows firewall. Is there a way to reenable the Windows firewall? Is it a registry setting? Thanks. P.S. The PC drive was wiped and the OS installed from a standard image at the business.
http://www.tweaking.com/ Download Windows Repair - All In One tool.
Start it, select Start Repairs tab far right. (It will want to create a restore point, let it)
In the list check mark
*Repair Windows Firewall
*Reset Registry Permissions
*Register System Files
Do not repair anything else!Please reply and let us know if our help worked. Your feedback helps others. Maybe you?
CyberDude said "P.S. The PC drive was wiped and the OS installed from a standard image at the business." Please reply and let us know if our help worked. Your feedback helps others. Maybe you?
Just in case you need it:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_...Go down to #386 then on the right see Firewall On .
