Windows Firewall disabled. How to enable it?

My Windows firewall was automaticly disabled after installing avast Antivirus. Later I uninstalled it and when I try to enable it, it pops out the following error..

We are sorry. The security centre could not turn on the Windows Firewall. To try running the windows firewall yourselves go to control panel open Windows Firewall and enable it

But when I try to open Windows Firewall settings through Control anel another error is shown:

Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display the Firewall settings

Any solutions???

R

sujithtom said:
My Windows firewall was automaticly disabled after installing avast Antivirus. Later I uninstalled it and when I try to enable it, it pops out the following error..

We are sorry. The security centre could not turn on the Windows Firewall. To try running the windows firewall yourselves go to control panel open Windows Firewall and enable it

Click to expand...

But when I try to open Windows Firewall settings through Control anel another error is shown:

Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display the Firewall settings

Click to expand...

Any solutions???

Go to computer management and follow the step as stated in the figure.

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have a look at the services and see if
"Windows Firewall (WF)/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service" is running/disabled or stopped.
stop that service and then start it back on...
see if it helps..

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lol....rajas u were quick by 2 mins there. ... !!

Hmm nice tip both of you... BUT.................

..........The prob does not end there dudes! There is no Windows Firewall option in that window! See for yourselves!

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grinning_devil said:
lol....rajas u were quick by 2 mins there. ... !!

so what???????The problem is solved..............

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@rajas...the issue is not yet solved....

@sujithtom ... try out this link....
*tinyurl.com/3tnkt

its microsoft firewall troubleshooting doc by microsoft...iam unable to download this God knows why...page cant be displayed....just check it out...

R

Don't u get the option of Restoreing the windows firewall in pre-installation stage while unistalling avast Antivirus????????????

Problem solved thanks you guys, both of you...