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More info?)
If the instructions in the emails below didn´t work - you can be with a
undetected worm.
The Windows XP SP2 made available a dangerous command line - netsh firewall
set - that can easily be called for CreateProcess function and put DISABLE
the Firewall at the boot ....
If is this, run the regedit looking for keys and msconfig-services for
something wrong.
alf
"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:O$vSnVvsFHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> In news:38AA4D33-7516-4FE1-AB59-14F0EA121539@microsoft.com,
> Hudson77 <Hudson77@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > My XP firewall needs to be re-activated each time I re-boot my
> > system?? Anyone know what may be causing this and/or have a work
> > around for it short of un-installing sp2 and re-installing?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Hudson
>
> Do you have a third party firewall or internet security suite (from Norton
> or McAfee or another such company) installed? If so and you do not want to
> use their firewall portion of their application you may want to go ahead
and
> uninstall that if possible. Try looking for that and if the answer is
still
> "it's still shutting off" then there's a couple of other ideas such as
> checking the services and making sure that the firewall is set to run
> automatically etc.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
> trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
> come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
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