Re: Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service

[Mister Whiskers]

I am new to this forum, but I have recently encountered this exact same
issues with the same parameters that Jacob illustrated.

I am running Windows Vista Business (32bit) upgrade over Windows Vista
Home Basic on a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7416 Laptop.

This happened when I installed a DVD ripping program that apparently
was not intended for Vista (ImToo DVD to MP4 converter). I received an
error message at the completion of the installation that I ignored--not
understanding its meaning.

I tried using the program which worked the first time I tried it.
During my second use of the program within the same instance, my
computer did a memory dump followed by a reboot. I caught the end of
the reboot as I was elsewhere when the memory dump occured.

Upon reboot, I received notice that Windows had discovered new hardware
and was trying (unsuccessfully) to find a driver for it. I also got the
warning that Windows Firewall was not started. This "new hardware" was
listed as an unknown device in Device Manager. I uninstalled the device
and restarted my computer. It again tried to install the
device--failing to find drivers for it. I chose the option to ignore
installation on future attempts.

I've read this thread following step by step--as this is the only
thread I have discovered on the Internet that exactly matches my
symptoms and issues.

I've also restored my system to a point prior to the installation of
the DVD ripping software. This didn't fix the Firewall issue.

I've used several Registry Cleaning tools to no avail.

I've since tried to use a "Vista approved" DVD ripping program, but it
locks up during the ripping process. I don't know if this issue is
related to the Firewall issue, but I suspect that it is.

If anyone has had success with correcting this issue I could certainly
benefit from your experiences.

Thank you,
-Mark


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Mister Whiskers

 

[naiboz]

Hi all

I've been reading this thread with great interest as this situation has
recently happened to me. I've tried everything mentioned here and other
fixes from elsewhere and nothings working, but this seems like a good
place to register and get good solid help.

The problem started when I installed Comodo V3, decided I wasnt happy
with it and uninstalled it, well that was a barrel of laughs and took
about 3 days to finally get it completely out of my system.

But ever since then the firewall won't start.

The only difference is instead of a service specific error 5, I get a
6801.

This is the most infuriating issue I've ever had with a windows system,
it just doesnt seem to add up.

Normally if I had an issue like this on an XP machine I would just
reinstall the last service pack or if need be repair the OS, but the
repair feature in Vista Ultimate64 is really not up to much and u cant
reinstall a SP over itself.

So I'm totally stuck here, and I really really really really do not
want to have to install vista from scratch to overcome this.

If anyone has worked out a solution to this please give me a shout

cheers


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