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Willy2:
There could be another good reason why Ka6uup isn't able to restore/repair the firewall (& the Firewall info in the registry). When the user runs WR's "Restore Important Services" then WR doesn't stop those Services ("net stop .......") before restoring and WR doesn't restart ("net start ......") those Services after restoring.

Time to issue an (Emergency) Update ?

Shane:
Even if a service is running you can still restore the regkeys to it. No need to stop them. Only reason to stop them is if you needed to replace a file that was in use by them :wink:

Shane

Willy2:
@Ka6uup: You still can use Windows Repair (WR) to solve a number of problems in Windows XP and keep the MS firewall disabled/turned off at the same time. To do this in XP requires a different approach than in Win 7 (Vista ??) and higher.

For XP, add the line (including all spaces)

"Sc config SharedAccess start= disabled"

to the file "Services_start.txt" (in a subfolder of WR) and run the "Set Services to Default Start" option, everytime you run WR. Then WR disables the MS firewall at the end of the program.

ka6uup:
Thanks.
I appreciate your help.
Chuck

Willy2:
@Ka6uup: Take the file in the attachment and place it in the "files" subfolder of WR. Change the extension from ".txt" to ".bat". Turn off the internet & Norton and then run the file with admin rights.

If this helps to solve the "unidentified" error, then it's - IMO - a good clue where WR needs to be improved.

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