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SP2 and the Firewall

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by net_tech 1 view

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Can't believe it. My first failure in over 100 installs of SP2.

Something in the install failed. Posssibly because McAfee firewall was running in the backgound. Thought I checked that. Now the XP firewall in not able to start the service. I am unable to manually startit.

Is the firewall/ICS able to be installed withhout the whole SP2? Must I uninstall and reinstall?

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by lmon

I would uninstall the service pack then turn off system restore. Then make sure the system is completely free of viruses and spyware restart the computer the turn on system restore. Then completely turn off mcafee while you run the sp2 again and see what happens. If that does not fix your problem try going to mcafee see if they have any updates for your problem.

by net_tech

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All those steps except for finding the McAfee firewall running were already done prior to install. I am afraid of unistalling the SP and screwing something wlse up at the same time.

by net_tech

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That did it. I was able to find the firewall deactivated in services do to it being run under a user rather then system. Reconfigured. Works great. Your suggestion pointed me right to it!!

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