Bill M.
Active Member
Got my fingers crossed.
Can't turn on Windows Firewall
- Thread starter Tony D
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I think it's messed up.
Bill M.
Active Member
I don't remember how but there is a way to do a non-destructive reinstall of W7.
https://www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-7.html
https://www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-7.html
DSTM
Active Member
Tony, If you highlite :"restricted services" (not the arrow) then "standard profile" shows.
You are clicking on the arrow
You are clicking on the arrow
DSTM
Active Member
In did one about a month ago. Trying to remember what tut.
It was a non format reinstall
That's the one I used.Remember now, Bill
Bill M.
Active Member
I posted a link above. Good night Dougie!
DSTM
Active Member
You have to install all the updates again. That is a pain.
It's not uncommon to have problems after removing the McAfee Security Center.
The MSC takes over from the Windows Security Center and removing it doesn't always replace settings that the WSC had.
If McAfee wasn't installed too long ago, you could have tried a system restore ( to a date before McAfee was installed) after removing mcafee.
As things stand at the moment, you may be best to follow the advice to perform a non destructive reinstall.
Normally when I tell someone how bad McAfee is........ I let John McAfee speak for me:
John McAfee: McAfee antivirus is one of the worst products on the planet
and you can't argue with the author.....
The MSC takes over from the Windows Security Center and removing it doesn't always replace settings that the WSC had.
If McAfee wasn't installed too long ago, you could have tried a system restore ( to a date before McAfee was installed) after removing mcafee.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's still some odd McAfee remnants in the registry settings.
As things stand at the moment, you may be best to follow the advice to perform a non destructive reinstall.
Normally when I tell someone how bad McAfee is........ I let John McAfee speak for me:
John McAfee: McAfee antivirus is one of the worst products on the planet
and you can't argue with the author.....
Love that video.
Bill M.
Active Member
Tony, did you get this sorted out?
It had me in stitches
I didn't get it fixed. Spent too much time trying to get it going.
Problem is I had customers scheduled for today and didn't have time to work on his machine. (It was an unusually busy week.) He wants it back. He's been living without a Firewall for some time. His McAfee was messed up. There wasn't much wrong with the machine.
If the customer want to do wipe and reload, I'll do that. Additionally, he has Adobe photo apps on here and doesn't have the original disks. So, I could try the W7 non-destructive repair, but I'm not willing to do that without a safety image of his hard drive. There's just no time for that.
Also, note that there are 83 important updates pending. They're not even downloading. Too much damage to the OS in my opinion.
Problem is I had customers scheduled for today and didn't have time to work on his machine. (It was an unusually busy week.) He wants it back. He's been living without a Firewall for some time. His McAfee was messed up. There wasn't much wrong with the machine.
If the customer want to do wipe and reload, I'll do that. Additionally, he has Adobe photo apps on here and doesn't have the original disks. So, I could try the W7 non-destructive repair, but I'm not willing to do that without a safety image of his hard drive. There's just no time for that.
Also, note that there are 83 important updates pending. They're not even downloading. Too much damage to the OS in my opinion.
djsanderson
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If getting rid of all McAfee software didn't do the job, just run a backup of the user files and use CloneApp available from http://mirinsoft.com/index.php/download/viewcategory/39-cloneapp-portable or something similar to backup Adobe Photo and do the reload. Starting from scratch with a truly fresh install of windows will do the trick.