Vista firewall keeps turning off - Digital World Cable Satellite Console Forum

Rodbouy · 9th July 2009, 15:16

Hi anyone had this problem before? its my dads laptop Acer 5310 and every time it boots up the firewall is off by default and no mater how many times I reset it on restart it, it happens again.

His setup if fairly secure as it is but i suppose it wont do any harm with it being on. More annoying that anything.

little_pob · 9th July 2009, 15:26

Make sure he is running SP2.

Is there a 3rd party firewall on there that could be turning it off? Or even remnants of a 3rd party app (e.g. Norton).

Is Windows Live One Care installed? Apparently it has its own combined firewall.

Rodbouy · 9th July 2009, 15:34

I he is all up to date norton was on it ages ago but was a gap between removing with tool and the problem surfacing, AVG pro I think was the culprit but cant find anything to solve it. Only thing running visually and in background that I can see is avast and spybot.

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little_pob DW Guru ++ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: mmm....padded walls....so soft... Posts: 4,551 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0 Thanks: 23 Thanked 32 Times in 31 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Re: Vista firewall keeps turning off Make sure he is running SP2. Is there a 3rd party firewall on there that could be turning it off? Or even remnants of a 3rd party app (e.g. Norton). Is Windows Live One Care installed? Apparently it has its own combined firewall. __________________ I can tell by the pixels. Last edited by little_pob; 9th July 2009 at 15:34.
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Rodbouy DW Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Little Ireland Posts: 2,267 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0 Thanks: 131 Thanked 88 Times in 70 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Re: Vista firewall keeps turning off I he is all up to date norton was on it ages ago but was a gap between removing with tool and the problem surfacing, AVG pro I think was the culprit but cant find anything to solve it. Only thing running visually and in background that I can see is avast and spybot. __________________ People Dream of Angels, We Held One In our Arms
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