Firewall defaults to off after reboot

Question

After each shutdown the XP firewall is always off when restarted(hard shutdown). After a restart the same thing. I have tried disabling Norton and it seems to have no affect. Am I missing something? I thought it was always on by default. Is there some kind of glitch in Dell's setup that's causing this? Message Edited by J Lamb on 08-15-2005 11:52 AM

Bill Snyder · Answer

Go to Control Panel|Admisitrative Tools|Services; find Windows Firewall (they are listed alphabetically; check to see how it is started (manually or automatically).  If it is started manually then change that to automatically; right click on the line, select Properties; in Startup Type select automatically.  If the Norton program which you are using is or includes the Norton Firewall, AND if that is an early version of the Norton Firewall, a conflict between the two Firewalls could emerge.  That is not true of the current updated version of the Norton program.

J Lamb · Answer

Ok, checked that and it's configured for automactic. I have tried disabling the Norton firewall and results are still the same. What version of Norton conflicts and how can I find my version? I have had this system about a month now and am pleased so far, except this.

J Lamb · Answer

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