Can't access Windows Firewall

I need to make a change to my firewall settings. However, when I go to
"Windows Firewall" on the Control Panel, I get the following message:

"Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall
settings."

Yikes! I don't know what happened and am at a loss as to what to do to
remedy this.

Can someone help me out? I'd really appreciate it!

You will probably find that the Windows Firewall service is not started.
Maybe it will allow a manual start.
start/run, type:

services.msc

see Windows Firewall
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"MtnLadyinBlackHills1986"
<MtnLadyinBlackHills1986@discussions.microsoft.com > wrote in message
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> I need to make a change to my firewall settings. However, when I go to
> "Windows Firewall" on the Control Panel, I get the following message:
>
> "Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall
> settings."
>
> Yikes! I don't know what happened and am at a loss as to what to do to
> remedy this.
>
> Can someone help me out? I'd really appreciate it!

MtnLadyinBlackHills1986 wrote:
> I need to make a change to my firewall settings. However, when I go to
> "Windows Firewall" on the Control Panel, I get the following message:
>
> "Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall
> settings."
>
> Yikes! I don't know what happened and am at a loss as to what to do to
> remedy this.
>
> Can someone help me out? I'd really appreciate it!

Is there another firewall, such as Norton Internet Security, or McAfee?
If so, they may have disabled the Windows firewall.

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Joe =o)