windows firewall cannot be turned on. windows xp sp3

Is that what the error message really says:

could not start the windows firewall/ics service on local computer..error 1075

Or does it really say this:

Could not start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer.

Error 1075:  The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion.

An error 1075 means that the Dependencies for the Service may be afflicted.

To see what the Dependencies are, you could look at them in the Services tab, but that might not show erroneous Services, so the best way to see what they really are is to query the Service from a Command Prompt.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

cmd

Click OK to open a Command Prompt and enter this command:

sc  qc  sharedaccess

You should see something like this:

[SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: sharedaccess

        TYPE               : 20  WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS

        START_TYPE     : 2   AUTO_START

        ERROR_CONTROL    : 1   NORMAL

        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   : 

        TAG                : 0

        DISPLAY_NAME       : Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

        DEPENDENCIES     : Netman                                      : WinMgmt

   SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

What is important is what is under DEPENDENCIES, so tell us exactly what you see under DEPENDENCIES.

If it does not look like the example above, enter this command being sure to include the space after the equals sign:

sc  config  sharedaccess  depend= Netman/WinMgmt

Don't forget that there is a space after the equals sign.

You should then see a message like this:

[SC] ChangeServiceConfig  SUCCESS

Then enter this command again to query the Service to be sure the DEPENDENCIES look like the example above:

sc  qc  sharedaccessIf that is what you see, now see if you can start the ICS Service.****

thanks, i'll try it. :-)

Hi,

Follow these instructions to fix Windows Firewall:

Download and install Windows Repair:

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5314-tweaking-windows-repair.html

When Windows Repair opens, click the Start Repairs tab. Click Start. Unselect all the boxes except for the following:

• Reset Registry Permissions
• Repair WMI
• Repair Windows Firewall

Then click Start. Once it's finished, restart your computer. Let me know if this helps you.

Brian

yes sir ElderL. That was the message. I failed to include it on my question. thanks a lot. Ill try it.

It didn't work. i did what you had instructed me to do but after i had restarted my pc, it again displayed the balloon that the firewall is still not enabled. i again tried to turn it on manually but the same error appeared.