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Check action center for updates. In reply to Shantanu Kaushik's post on November 3, OK I did have Spy Hunter on my computer. I uninstalled it did a cold boot. I have no other spy ware or any other kind of virus or spyware software. And I still cannot turn on the firewall. Defender works fine. So now what do I do????? In reply to RichardHurd's post on November 3, What ever the problem is I find this version of Windows extremely non user friendly. It tell you where the problem could be but you can not look at any of the details to resolve them.

In reply to RichardHurd's post on November 4, Sorry for the late reply. This site in other languages x. Therefore, creating exceptions for inbound connections from third-party software should be determined by trusted app developers, the user, or the admin on behalf of the user.

When designing a set of firewall policies for your network, it is a best practice to configure allow rules for any networked applications deployed on the host. Having these rules in place before the user first launches the application will help ensure a seamless experience. The absence of these staged rules does not necessarily mean that in the end an application will be unable to communicate on the network. However, the behaviors involved in the automatic creation of application rules at runtime require user interaction and administrative privilege.

If the device is expected to be used by non-administrative users, you should follow best practices and provide these rules before the application's first launch to avoid unexpected networking issues. To determine why some applications are blocked from communicating in the network, check for the following:.

A user with sufficient privileges receives a query notification advising them that the application needs to make a change to the firewall policy. Not fully understanding the prompt, the user cancels or dismisses the prompt.

A user lacks sufficient privileges and is therefore not prompted to allow the application to make the appropriate policy changes.

Local Policy Merge is disabled, preventing the application or network service from creating local rules. Creation of application rules at runtime can also be prohibited by administrators using the Settings app or Group Policy. Rule merging settings control how rules from different policy sources can be combined.

Administrators can configure different merge behaviors for Domain, Private, and Public profiles. The rule merging settings either allow or prevent local admins from creating their own firewall rules in addition to those obtained from Group Policy. In the firewall configuration service provider , the equivalent setting is AllowLocalPolicyMerge.

If merging of local policies is disabled, centralized deployment of rules is required for any app that needs inbound connectivity. Admins may disable LocalPolicyMerge in high security environments to maintain tighter control over endpoints. This can impact some apps and services that automatically generate a local firewall policy upon installation as discussed above. For these types of apps and services to work, admins should push rules centrally via group policy GP , Mobile Device Management MDM , or both for hybrid or co-management environments.

As a best practice, it is important to list and log such apps, including the network ports used for communications.

Typically, you can find what ports must be open for a given service on the app's website. For more complex or customer application deployments, a more thorough analysis may be needed using network packet capture tools. In general, to maintain maximum security, admins should only push firewall exceptions for apps and services determined to serve legitimate purposes. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped.

Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Thank you, Carlo for your time. Claudeeera Independent Advisor. Hello, I am Claudeir, I am a user and an independent consultant, it is very important to me that all your questions are answered and that you have a positive experience. In the left pane, click Desktop and Save. On the File menu, click Exit. On the desktop, right-click on the Repair.

Important If you are asked to confirm that you want to stop a service, press Y on the keyboard and press Enter. Try to start Windows Firewall again. If it is possible to start Windows Firewall, delete the file Repair. To do this, right-click Repair. If the answer helped in any way, consider leaving your opinion, marking it as answered or leaving more details, so that we can continue the service, this is very important for us.

Sincerely, Claudeir. In reply to Claudeeera's post on May 6, Hi, Claudeir I run the script but it has no effect on firewall behavior. Okay, got it, thanks for the info. In this case, we saw some types of errors and we could not fix it because you have already tested using SFC, my suggestion now is a system recovery, I understand you and I know that it may seem a little boring, but sometimes it is necessary, and nothing better than a clean and functioning system.

You can still keep your personal files. I await the result.