Re: Windows Fails to Start Windows Firewall Service

[Guest 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

[Guest 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 style_emoticons/

 

cheers

 

 

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