Rob
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| XP Firewall
I disabled the firewall, but it says it's enabled and that comodo is working. I don't even have comodo installed.
I already reset the XP firewall, any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Rob |
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yeti34
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Salt Lake City, UT | You run XP and have no antivirus? That is askin for trouble if you surf the internet. |
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Rob
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| said by yeti34  :You run XP and have no antivirus? That is askin for trouble if you surf the internet. Sorry, how does this relate to my problem? |
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Nutty Hiker
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | reply to Rob
Did you ever have Comodo installed? |
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La Luna
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You don't even have Comodo installed? How is it possible that XP is detecting it?
Do you have any Comodo products installed? |
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Rob
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| reply to Nutty Hiker
said by Nutty Hiker :Did you ever have Comodo installed? Maybe 2-3 years ago.. |
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La Luna
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| said by Rob :said by Nutty Hiker :Did you ever have Comodo installed? Maybe 2-3 years ago.. Did this just appear in Security Center? ie, did it previously look normal after you uninstalled Comodo?
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Rob
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| reply to La Luna
said by La Luna :You don't even have Comodo installed? How is it possible that XP is detecting it? Do you have any Comodo products installed? I may have had it installed moons ago and *maybe* told it that I would use my own firewall and selected Comodo.
I fixed the problem, however. I disabled the firewall through the services screen. Rebooted. And then ran the firewall which told me it that it was disabled and if I wanted to enable it. I said yes and viola.
P.S. No anti-virus while I am troubleshooting a network problem, hence how I discovered the firewall problem. |
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Rob
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| reply to La Luna
said by La Luna :said by Rob :said by Nutty Hiker :Did you ever have Comodo installed? Maybe 2-3 years ago.. Did this just appear in Security Center? ie, did it previously look normal after you uninstalled Comodo? Really, beats me. You can't access that screen unless you disable anti-virus and get the warning. When I go into the firewall screen in control panel, it makes no mention of comodo. |
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Rob
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Kendall, FL | reply to Rob
Uh it's not fixed. Argh.
Back to the drawing board. |
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Nutty Hiker
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said by Rob :I said yes and viola. Glad it's fixed. I love violas too, by the way. 
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Nutty Hiker
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Oops. Spoke too soon. |
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auggy
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You could try rebuilding the Repository folder which will rebuild the Security Center information:
Start > Run > cmd.exe > OK
then type the following pressing "Enter" after each line:
net stop winmgmt
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
ren repository repository.old
net start winmgmt
Exit cmd.exe and you may have to restart the computer. |
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Rob
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| reply to Rob
Here's the scoop.
When XP Firewall is enabled, I get the message that there are more than 1 firewalls installed.
When I disable the firewall, I get the comodo message.
I love Microsoft. |
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Rob
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| reply to auggy
said by auggy :You could try rebuilding the Repository folder which will rebuild the Security Center information: Start > Run > cmd.exe > OK then type the following pressing "Enter" after each line: net stop winmgmt cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem ren repository repository.old net start winmgmt Exit cmd.exe and you may have to restart the computer. I think that fixed it.. I will keep an eye and let you know.
Mucho Gracias! |
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La Luna
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Actually, it sounds more like a bad uninstall of Comodo and you've just now noticed it. |
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Rob
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| said by La Luna :Actually, it sounds more like a bad uninstall of Comodo and you've just now noticed it. It's possible. But I do run weekly registry cleaners, and spyware/spybot programs. |
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Vistaluvr
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I agree. It's Comodo's fault. It is software developer's responsibility to make sure their uninstaller software cleans every aspect of the installation. |
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auggy
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| In this case it appears that Windows Security Center was not reporting properly due to a corruption in the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) database.
It happens sometimes such as the following:
»support.microsoft.com/kb/944175/en-us
In XP (and should also work in Vista) renaming the Repository folder allows the Repository folder to rebuild with a corrected database. |
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