Firewall for Service Pack 2

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Do you have another software firewall such as Zonealarm or Kerio
installed on your system? Does your cable modem have a firewall or NAT
capability, either of which you have enabled?

If your answer to both questions is no, I would suspect that your system
is infected with malware. Scan your system for viruses, trojans, and
other malware and thoroughly clean it before upgrading to SP2.

Pappy53 wrote:
> Hi,
> After many attempts to upgrade to Service Pack 2 (I finally ordered the free
> CD from Microsoft) I cannot enable the firewall. Everything is "shaded" out
> in the Windows Firewall in Control Panel. The message says "For Your
> Security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy." This is a sole home
> computer on high-speed cable. The help and Support literature about this
> topic was not very clear about how to enable the firewall.
> Thank You

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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:44:01 -0700, "Pappy53"
<Pappy53@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>After many attempts to upgrade to Service Pack 2 (I finally ordered the free
>CD from Microsoft) I cannot enable the firewall. Everything is "shaded" out
>in the Windows Firewall in Control Panel. The message says "For Your
>Security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy." This is a sole home
>computer on high-speed cable.

You need to be Administrator to configure the firewall; you can't do
it as a plain limited user even though it shows up in Control Panel.

If the above problem happens while you're logged in on an
administrator account, then you've got a malware infection. Download
a couple of good malware removers on a known safe computer and burn
'em to CD, then boot your own computer in Safe mode and run the
malware removers.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

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"Pappy53" <Pappy53@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> After many attempts to upgrade to Service Pack 2 (I finally ordered the
> free
> CD from Microsoft) I cannot enable the firewall. Everything is "shaded"
> out
> in the Windows Firewall in Control Panel. The message says "For Your
> Security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy." This is a sole
> home
> computer on high-speed cable. The help and Support literature about this
> topic was not very clear about how to enable the firewall.
> Thank You
> --
> Just because you're not paranoid, that doesn't mean that "they" are not
> after you.


Which is worse, to BE paranoid or to THINK you are?

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Very funny, Keith, but can you shed some light on my problem, or do you
think you just did?
"Keith S" <keith@microsoft.discussions.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Pappy53" <Pappy53@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:233D7557-7629-4C6F-ADF4-803750D601D0@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> After many attempts to upgrade to Service Pack 2 (I finally ordered the
>> free
>> CD from Microsoft) I cannot enable the firewall. Everything is "shaded"
>> out
>> in the Windows Firewall in Control Panel. The message says "For Your
>> Security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy." This is a sole
>> home
>> computer on high-speed cable. The help and Support literature about this
>> topic was not very clear about how to enable the firewall.
>> Thank You
>> --
>> Just because you're not paranoid, that doesn't mean that "they" are not
>> after you.
>
>
> Which is worse, to BE paranoid or to THINK you are?
>