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DKC00159: You cannot start the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP Service Pack 2
Overview: After you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you cannot start the Windows Firewall service.
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SYMPTOMS
After you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you cannot start the Windows Firewall service. You may experience one or more of the following symptoms:


• When you click Windows Firewall in Control Panel, you may receive the following error 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?
If you click Yes, you receive the following error message:
Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service.

• If you try to manually start the Windows Firewall service by using Services, you may receive the following error message:

Could not start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer.
Error 0x80004015: The class is configured to run as a security id different from the caller


RESOLUTION
click Start, click Run, in the Open box, type CMD, and then click OK.
To restore the default SD for the SharedAccess service, type the following command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
SC sdset SharedAccess D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
Restart Windows Firewall/Inernet Service.
 
Author: <Unknown> Date: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005 at 5:10 PM (77 days ago)

 

 

 
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