I just got a warning my firewall is turned off but when I try to set the defaults I get the message below.
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I checked the Group Policy setting for Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security and had the error below - but there is no restart in progress.
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Whats the best step now - a repair install or recover from backup?
Last edited by Steve C; 15 Aug 2018 at 12:51.
Hi Steve. You likely found this article as well.
Windows Firewall can't change some of your settings
There is also a trouble shooter under Update and Security called Incoming connections. I would also check that none of you updates from yesterday failed.
Ken
No joy with the above or the troubleshooters. sfc /scannow runs OK as does Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth. A repair install failed so I'll try to recover from the last backup.
I'm also getting thousands of the following errors:
Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 15/08/2018 19:17:46
Event ID: 7024
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Laptop
Description:
The Windows Defender Firewall service terminated with the following service-specific error:
The data is invalid.
Last edited by Steve C; 15 Aug 2018 at 15:02.
I'm sure it will. Good luck.
Maybe some of the night time members (on this side of the water) will know a better fix.
I'm sure Macrium will come to the rescue. By chance have you tried to use a System Restore Point?
Just curious, have you done a full system malware scan to rule out the possibility that something malicious might be preventing it from being turned back on?
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