Windoze firewall is always OFF when machine reboots
Every time I power my xp desktop back on, or it reboots during program updates etc, the security centre reports that the Windows firewall is OFF. I usually turn it back on and even then it sometimes turns itself off within a few minutes.
Any idea why it is doing this?
I am running Zone Alarm as well. It has been suggested that I should only run the one firewall, the Windoze one, but I am reluctant to do this while it cannot be relied upon to stay active.
As an aside, Mozilla have suggested that my issues with FF and Thunderbird are all due to my firewall behaviour. I still can't get my mind around how the firewall can cause FF to fail to tidy up when it is closed down such that it will not re-launch unless the machine has been powered off first.
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