Windows Firewall cannot be activated - this may be the reason
To protect your PC, you should activate the Windows firewall. However, if this cannot be activated, you should act quickly. You can find out why in this practical tip here.
Windows Firewall cannot be activated - so you can fix the error
If the activation of the Windows Firewall does not work, there can be many reasons:
- Make sure you are logged in as an administrator before trying to start the Windows Firewall.
- You can try to create a new administrator account using the control panel and then activate the firewall.
- If this still doesn't work, you may have caught a virus that prevents activation.
- Therefore, check your entire PC with your antivirus program and remove all finds.
Further steps: Windows Firewall does not work
- In addition, you should enter "Run"> "msconfig" and confirm with [Enter].
- Change there to the tab "System Start" and remove all elements that you do not need when you start Windows or that are unknown to you.
- At the same time, you should uninstall all software in the "Control Panel" under "Programs and Features" that you don't recognize.
- Finally, restart your PC. If the firewall still cannot be started, open the "Command Prompt" as administrator (right-click> "Run as administrator") and enter the command "netsh advfirewall reset".
- Confirm with [Enter]. This clears the firewall's memory and can often help. Then try to start the firewall.
- If you have not been successful, you will have to restart Windows.
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