Vista Tutorial - Vista Firewall Control Service is not running

I installed Sphinx Software's Vista Firewall Control about an hour ago and it worked perfectly until i rebooted my computer couple minutes ago to refresh my memory preparing to play a game.I got the message that Vista Firewall Control Service is not running at startup.Oh,i tried turning off windows firewall and rebooting incase of a conflict,but same problem.I'm running Windows Firewall Control 64-bit version on Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1.Anyone who can assist me with my problem i'd appreciate it.

is your new firewall listed under the startup items? start/all programs/accesories/run in the resulting box type msconfig and hit return , look under the startup tab and see if your firewall is listed there also look under the services tab and put a check in the "hide all microsoft services check box" then see if your firewall is listed there

fyi restarting Vista will do nothing for your memory , all it will do is restart Vista Superfetch (it precaches your most used programs into memory for faster starting) its not actually a good idea to run a game while superfetch is doing its thing immediately after a startup as it actually impacts on your performance ingame , your better of waiting 5 minutes till its "done its thing"

Vista is VERY good at freeing up memory when its needed by any application especially a game (trust me ) a reboot is not needed.

Exactly the same applies if you have superfetch disabled (not really a good idea its actually pretty usefull)

I ran msconfig and have found nothing under services tab,but in the startup tab:

Vista-Wall extended control for Vista Firewall
Sphinx Software
C:\ProgramFiles\VistaFirewallControl\VistaFirewallControl.exe

That's all.

That sounds right for msconfig startup.

Type services.msc in Start search , and make sure it is started.

Rt click the service, select Properties, set to Automatic in drop down flap, Apply, OK.

Then Start the service.



If the service is missing, uninstall and reinstall VFC.

Hope it helps

I've set it for automatic and started the service and it's working now.Thanks!

Thanks for reporting the result.

Glad it's working for you.