# Windows Firewall Will not turn on

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-firewall-will-not-turn-on/80109>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 19, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-firewall-will-not-turn-on/80109 "2005-02-19T10:27:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![minimalistik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@minimalistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minimalistik)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-firewall-will-not-turn-on/80109/1 "2005-02-19T10:27:34Z")

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Yet again, my friend is having another problem with his firewall. He just installed SP2. Somehow though, the Firewall will not turn itself on. A popup saying that the Windows center cannot turn it on, when I try and do it manually through control panel\>windows firewall, it says "Windows cannot start the Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing service.

Could I get a resolution to this problem.