Windows firewall u XP-u

Jutros mi se javila koleginica i prijavila da joj ne radi Firewall na kućnom računaru. Startovanje control panel appleta nije bilo moguće uz neku nebuloznu poruku o grešci tamo negde u tamo nečemu.

Uputio sam je services.msc, međutim tu je nastao problem jer Windows Firewall servisa nije bilo! Nakon malo guglanja našao sam rešenje problema u Microsoft bazi znanja KB920074:

Call the “Setup API InstallHinfSection” function to install Windows Firewall

To install Windows Firewall, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. At the command prompt, type the following command line, and then press ENTER:
   Rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf
3. Restart Windows,
4. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
5. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   Netsh firewall reset
6. Click Start, click Run, type firewall.cpl, and then press ENTER. In the Windows Firewall dialog box, click On (recommended), and then click OK.

Nakon kliktanja i pisanja navedenog u proceduri iznad, Windows Firewall je najnormalnije proradio. 🙂