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Old 02-16-2008   #3 (permalink)
Lew
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Re: One Care message: Windows firewall isn't on

There may not be a solution. It seems to be part of a recent security update
and fiddling with group policies doesn't work, either.

"Paul White" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:29:30 -0500, "Lew" <lew@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>>One Care is sending me a message warning that Window's Firewall isn't on.
>>When I go to the control panel, as per the instructions, I can't turn it
>>on
>>there either. How can I turn it on?
>
> Is it giving a message about group policies?
>
> If so, the same problem occurred on both my PCs within a few days or
> so. Without asking for help the only fix that I could think of was to
> restore my systems to as they were the previous day. Of course this
> may not be an option for you and in any case is only a workaround as
> the problem may occur again. I don't like using the restore facility
> as I'm always worried it will create more problems than it solves if I
> can't remember what changes I may have made since the last restore
> point was created.
>
> In the end I un-installed from both PCs but will reinstall once a
> solution is found.
> --
> Paul White

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