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09-18-2008
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| windows vista home basic 32bit | Windows firewall does'nt start on startup I have an acer 3055WXMi laptop running Windows Vista home basic 32bit. I hav no 3rd party firewall, only other security software i have is AVG anti-virus Every time i start up my laptop windows firewall fails 2 start, windows security alerts comes up. any suggestions on how to fix would be appreciated thanks |
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09-18-2008
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| Vista Ult 64bit Windows 7 64 bit Server 2008 RC2 | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup Hi Marc, Welcome to the forums. Don't know if you've done this, so will mention. Start/control panel (classic view)/Windows Firewall. Press the turn on/off button on the top left. Make sure 'turned on' is selected. Another possibility is to use another firewall. Comodo Firewall Pro is a good free one. Link here: Free Software List for Vista Hope this helps. Gary |
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09-19-2008
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| windows vista home basic 32bit | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup hi gary, thanks for the post yea i do that every time vista starts up but the next time i start up vista its turned off again! my laptop isnt reali high spec and would rather not use a 3rd party firewall that may slow down the laptop even more any other suggestions would be appreciated thanks |
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09-19-2008
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| Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/ | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup you can also check in contol panel/ administrative tools/ services and look for windows firewall and see if its set to automatic in the startup type column if not right click on it and goto properties and under startup type put automatic. |
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09-19-2008
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| windows vista home basic 32bit | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup hey, jus tried that, windows firewall is set to automatic. |
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09-19-2008
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| Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/ | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup you can also try looking in msconfig and see if there is a check mark by windows firewall just click start/ run/ msconfig goto services tab and reorder the service to make it easier to find. |
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09-21-2008
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup Go into the start menu, in the search bar type: msconfig then go to the "Startup" tab, and there should be an option in there called "Windows Defender", make sure that the tick box by all ones that say Windows Firewall. This should defend your PC a bit more if your firewall will not start, and then you can download another firewall, a few have been mentioned earlier. Hope that helps, Josh |
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09-22-2008
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| Windows 7 RTM 64-bit | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup update windows and enable all start up items in msconfig, then type services.msc in the Search box and press enter, under services.msc, look for windows firewall and make sure the service is enabled and set to automatic. |
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09-22-2008
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| windows vista home basic 32bit | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup thanks for the repliestried services in administrator tools, windows firewall is set to automatic when i 1st got the laptop there was a free trial for norton internet security, when it ran out i uninstalled the snorton n symantic software n installed free avg would that have any thing 2 do with the problem? |
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09-22-2008
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| Vista Ult 64bit Windows 7 64 bit Server 2008 RC2 | Re: Windows firewall does'nt start on startup Go to Control Panel, Security Center. Does it show that Norton is running? If so, Norton has a removal tool. Might be worth a try. ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe Gary |
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