Hi,

I have a program that keeps wanting to access the Internet but informs me that it 
gets blocked by a firewall. When I go to the Windows Control Panel to try and get 
to its firewall I get this 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?"

When I select the OK button I get this message:

"Windows cannat start Firewall/ Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service."

I restart the computer, knowing that it makes no difference, in the off-chance that 
all of this was just a glitch. But no. 

I also have Norton Antivirus 2008 on board, and perhaps this could be the culprit. 
Trying to get meaningful human assistance from Norton is as easy as getting a ride 
on the next space shuttle. (Try it and see for yourself.) So can anybody please tell 
me how I can get my computer system to open its gates so that a program can get through 
to the Net? Thanks

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re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:27 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) Norton Has it's own Firewall, and disables the built in XP one [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:37 pm Posted by Rudy Kreubel (131 messages posted) Ok. How do I adjust my Norton firewall? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:44 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) Norton pretty much sucks, so I'm as Clueless as you are since I have no recent experience with it. Found this tutorial on Google though it may help. http://help.yahoo.com/sbc/tutorials/olp25/firewall1.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:48 pm Posted by Ricer46 (20448 messages posted) That has nothing to do with the topic of this forum. Ask the folks at Symantec. On Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Rudy Kreubel wrote: >Ok. How do I adjust my Norton firewall? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:50 pm Posted by Rudy Kreubel (131 messages posted) Thanks for your advice. I have tried those folks and they're impossible to get. Thanks again. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:53 pm Posted by Ricer46 (20448 messages posted) Steve's advice was best, dump everything that is published by Symantec/Norton. The Windows firewall is sufficient. I just use the firewall that's built into my router... that's done me well for about ten years now. On Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:50 pm, Rudy Kreubel wrote: >Thanks for your advice. I have tried those folks and they're impossible to get. Thanks >again. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:54 pm Posted by Rudy Kreubel (131 messages posted) Thanks, Steve. That site you gave me was great. Thanks again. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 5:57 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) If that site doesn't have the answer, then it is out there somewhere. Google How to use Norton Firewall, and you should find other Help on the topic. I'm building My own A-Bomb with the information I found on line.:) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewalls - the circle game. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 6:01 pm Posted by Rudy Kreubel (131 messages posted) Although this has nothing to do with this forum, I must agree with your joking statement in general about the information that you've found online. I accidentally stumbled across a site that explains things not generally known about nuclear devices. I don't understand how such stuff is allowed. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum