I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
It tells me
< 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 <Yes>
and get
< Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
(ICS) Service >
Where do I go from here?
Advice greatly appreciated.

Try this:

Start => Run => Type netsh winsock reset then click ok. Restart your
computer then check windows firewall again.

--
Sir_George


"Mike Brayshaw" <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%lLvi.17814$S91.14871 [at] newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
>I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
> In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
> It tells me
> < 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 <Yes>
> and get
> < Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
> (ICS) Service >
> Where do I go from here?
> Advice greatly appreciated.
>
>

(2nd post for clarification)

Try this:

Start => Run => Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes) then click
ok. Restart your computer then check windows firewall again.

--
Sir_George


"Mike Brayshaw" <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%lLvi.17814$S91.14871 [at] newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
>I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
> In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
> It tells me
> < 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 <Yes>
> and get
> < Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
> (ICS) Service >
> Where do I go from here?
> Advice greatly appreciated.
>
>

Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
> In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
> It tells me
> < 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 <Yes>
> and get
> < Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
> (ICS) Service >
> Where do I go from here?

Configuring the service via control panel, Services.

Yours,
VB.
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"Volker Birk" <bumens [at] dingens.org> wrote in message
news:46c04b96 [at] news.uni-ulm.de...
> Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
>> In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
>> It tells me
>> < 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 <Yes>
>> and get
>> < Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
>> (ICS) Service >
>> Where do I go from here?
>
> Configuring the service via control panel, Services.
>
> Yours,
> VB.
> --
Thanks, but ...
My Control Panel doesn't list "Services" - but I have found it within
"Administrative Tools". Under the General tab I select "Windows
Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)". Startup type is shown as
Automatic. Clicking <Start> produces "Could not start "Windows
Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer" and
"Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start". (This shows
Path to executable as C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs).
Under the Dependencies tab nothing shows but I get a message "WBEM error
features not available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build".
I hope I'm not missing something vital along the way!

Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I have found it within "Administrative Tools". Under the General tab I
> select "Windows Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)". Startup
> type is shown as Automatic. Clicking <Start> produces "Could not start
> "Windows Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local
> Computer" and "Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to
> start". (This shows Path to executable as
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs). Under the Dependencies
> tab nothing shows but I get a message "WBEM error features not
> available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build". I hope I'm not missing
> something vital along the way!

Which SP is installed? Did you install all the latest hotfixes?

cu
59cobalt
--
"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich

"Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers" <usenet-2007 [at] planetcobalt.net> wrote in message
news:f9pvkuUmlnL6 [at] news.in-ulm.de...
> Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> I have found it within "Administrative Tools". Under the General tab I
>> select "Windows Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)". Startup
>> type is shown as Automatic. Clicking <Start> produces "Could not start
>> "Windows Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local
>> Computer" and "Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to
>> start". (This shows Path to executable as
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs). Under the Dependencies
>> tab nothing shows but I get a message "WBEM error features not
>> available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build". I hope I'm not missing
>> something vital along the way!
>
> Which SP is installed? Did you install all the latest hotfixes?
>
> cu
> 59cobalt
> --

SP2 (build 2600) and yes, all hotfixes are up to date.

Any reason you haven't tried my suggestion?

I believe you will find it fixes the problem, but no guarantees.

--
Sir_George


"Mike Brayshaw" <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Volker Birk" <bumens [at] dingens.org> wrote in message
> news:46c04b96 [at] news.uni-ulm.de...
>> Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
>>> In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
>>> It tells me
>>> < 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 <Yes>
>>> and get
>>> < Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
>>> (ICS) Service >
>>> Where do I go from here?
>>
>> Configuring the service via control panel, Services.
>>
>> Yours,
>> VB.
>> --
> Thanks, but ...
> My Control Panel doesn't list "Services" - but I have found it within
> "Administrative Tools". Under the General tab I select "Windows
> Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)". Startup type is shown as
> Automatic. Clicking <Start> produces "Could not start "Windows
> Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer" and
> "Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start". (This shows
> Path to executable as C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs).
> Under the Dependencies tab nothing shows but I get a message "WBEM error
> features not available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build".
> I hope I'm not missing something vital along the way!
>
>
>

> Any reason you haven't tried my suggestion?
- I did try it, but unfortunately with no success. I certainly intended
to acknowledge, but must have got distracted. Apologies.

"Sir_George" <Sir_George-newsgrp-cis [at] spamex.com> wrote in message
news:5ic6tkF3nkm3dU1 [at] mid.individual.net...
> Any reason you haven't tried my suggestion?
>
> I believe you will find it fixes the problem, but no guarantees.
>
> --
> Sir_George
>
>
> "Mike Brayshaw" <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:s%_vi.9308$mZ5.5969 [at] newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>
>> "Volker Birk" <bumens [at] dingens.org> wrote in message
>> news:46c04b96 [at] news.uni-ulm.de...
>>> Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> I have Windows XP and want to set up Windows Firewall.
>>>> In Control Panel/Security Center I click on Windows Firewall.
>>>> It tells me
>>>> < 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 <Yes>
>>>> and get
>>>> < Windows cannot start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
>>>> (ICS) Service >
>>>> Where do I go from here?
>>>
>>> Configuring the service via control panel, Services.
>>>
>>> Yours,
>>> VB.
>>> --
>> Thanks, but ...
>> My Control Panel doesn't list "Services" - but I have found it within
>> "Administrative Tools". Under the General tab I select "Windows
>> Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)". Startup type is shown as
>> Automatic. Clicking <Start> produces "Could not start "Windows
>> Firewall\Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer" and
>> "Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start". (This
>> shows Path to executable as C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs).
>> Under the Dependencies tab nothing shows but I get a message "WBEM error
>> features not available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build".
>> I hope I'm not missing something vital along the way!
>>

Mike Brayshaw wrote:

> "WBEM error features not available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build".
> I hope I'm not missing something vital along the way!


Well, it seems like your WMI installation or database is broken (don't
worry, this actually happens from time to time).

Collected from various KB articles, repairing WMI is a bit non-trivial but
straight-forward. I've already made a shell script for that:

net stop winmgmt
rd /s /q %systemroot%\system32\wbem\Repository
rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection WBEM 132 %windir%\inf\wbemoc.inf
net start winmgmt
for /r %%i in (%systemroot%\system32\wbem\*.dll) do regsvr32 /s "%%i"
for /r %%i in (%systemroot%\system32\wbem\*.exe) do "%%i" /regserver
winmgmt /clearadap
winmgmt /kill
winmgmt /unregserver
winmgmt /regserver
winmgmt /resyncperf

(It might be necessary to insert the Windows installation CD).

Mike Brayshaw <mikebrayshaw1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
[Windoze]
> SP2 (build 2600)

Nice, the 2600 version of Windoze ;-)

VB.
--
si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
- unbekannter Verfasser -

Thanks Sebastian and everyone. In fact, with other curious things happening,
I resorted to reinstalling XP which seems to have solved all the problems
(so far ...)

"Sebastian G." <seppi [at] seppig.de> wrote in message
news:5idaeoF3nopbqU1 [at] mid.dfncis.de...
> Mike Brayshaw wrote:
>
>> "WBEM error features not available. Upgrade WMI to a newer build".
>> I hope I'm not missing something vital along the way!
>
>
> Well, it seems like your WMI installation or database is broken (don't
> worry, this actually happens from time to time).
>
> Collected from various KB articles, repairing WMI is a bit non-trivial but
> straight-forward. I've already made a shell script for that:
>
> net stop winmgmt
> rd /s /q %systemroot%\system32\wbem\Repository
> rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection WBEM 132 %windir%\inf\wbemoc.inf
> net start winmgmt
> for /r %%i in (%systemroot%\system32\wbem\*.dll) do regsvr32 /s "%%i"
> for /r %%i in (%systemroot%\system32\wbem\*.exe) do "%%i" /regserver
> winmgmt /clearadap
> winmgmt /kill
> winmgmt /unregserver
> winmgmt /regserver
> winmgmt /resyncperf
>
> (It might be necessary to insert the Windows installation CD).