XP Firewall issue

UPDATE:

Better command is this

REG DELETE HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Security /f
REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{ce166e40-1e72-45b9-94c9-3b2050e8f180} /f

Stick that in a batch file and run it. It appears to fix the issue totally then. Also referenced on the MS link below.

END UPDATE

You attempt to start the Firewall in control panel and get this.

Firewall

Then this

Firewall

Run a CMD as admin and type or paste this into it

SC sdset SharedAccess D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)

Then you should see this and it should say, as does here, SUCCESS if it’s worked. Normally fails if you don’t run the CMD as admin

Firewall

More info on this here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892199