When I click on Firewall under the Security Center Icon, I receive the following message: Windows Firewall settings cannot be displayed because the associated service is not running. Do you want to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service? I click on yes and Windows Firewall window opens, but I am unable to change from "Off" to "On", everything is greyed out. I have looked at the services under MSCONFIG but there is no ICS. When I restart my computer, the whole thing starts over again. I have tried the following steps: Rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf netsh int ip reset netsh winsock reset rundll32 wbemupgd, UpgradeRepository All of which had no impact what so ever. I am not overly sauvy with "behind the scenes" computer stuff (like registry issues, or all of this stuff I just mentioned that I did). For all I know, I could be doing more harm than good.... All I want is to be able to turn the Firewall on.... Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I have exactly the same problem. I think its spyware. When I find a fix I wlll update you
