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The How-To Geek Forums Have Migrated to Discourse How-To Geek Forums / Windows Vista windows firewall won't turn on error 1068 (18 posts) Started 4 years ago by gamefox64 Latest reply from scorpion99 Topic Viewed 19456 times gamefox64 Posts: 9 This windows firewall error 1068 the dependency service or group failed to start post has been reported. My laptop runs vista and recently I got a malware posing as windows firewall could not start error 1068 a security program that seems to have disabled my windows firewall. I have since cleaned my system, but the firewall kept giving me the "1068:
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dependancy service or group failed to start" error. I tried the advice you gave the person in the closed thread about the same problem but my problem seems to come from a slightly different error from his. I used the steps in
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that topic and the following images show the results I got. When I go to the event viewer, like you mentioned in the topic, it brings up this... Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top gamefox64 Posts: 9 This post has been reported. here's the link to the closed topic that I mentioned http://www.howtogeek.com/forum.....replies=38 Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top mfletch Posts: 1434 This post has been reported. Hi a: Go to Start>Control panel>Device manager b: Now click on cannot start windows firewall error code 5 View menu at the top and then select show Hidden devices. c: Now expand Non-plug and play drivers and then select Window Firewall authorization driver d: Now right click on Window Firewall authorization driver and then select properties. e: Now go to the Driver tab and start the service and then click ok. Restart the computer Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top gamefox64 Posts: 9 This post has been reported. When I go to the Driver tab and start the service and then click ok it gives me this error window Should I still restart? Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top GuiltySpark Posts: 4024 This post has been reported. Hi gamefox64 , What AV are you using ? Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top gamefox64 Posts: 9 This post has been reported. I use Viper Antivirus , which I just recently updated. Could that be causing the problem? Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top gamefox64 Posts: 9 This post has been reported. oops i mean Vipre Anitvirus Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top GuiltySpark Posts: 4024 This post has been reported. Check to make sure the update hasn't installed its own firewall via control panel - Security center. Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top Lighthouse Posts: 13598 This post has been reported. Disconnect from the net, disable Vipre in msconfig Startup, restart computer, and try again with the Firewall. Reports: &midd
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