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The only firewall monitored is the built in Vista Firewall. Any other firewall installed is unrecognized and it reports that there is no firewall in the system. I have tried several methods found in Google to correct the problem, but nothing works. The most popular is the one where you delete the Repository folder. It did not work in my system.
Tried Zone Alarm, Comodo and PC tools firewalls, none of them will show up in the Security Center.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Did you try this: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=23457
Thanks Broni, I did several times, unsuccessfully. Only the Vista FW shows, others ignored and it tells me that I have no firewall in the system.
Is Vista firewall turned off?
Vista firewall is off. I also tried Webroot, same problem.
The only option, I can see is to just open Security Center in Control panel, and...
Click the arrow button next to Firewall to expand the section, and then click Show me my available options.
Click I have a firewall solution that I'll monitor myself.
Thanks, I did just that. Seems like my Vista just does not get along with any third party firewall.
Having other problems also, but all are OK with the built in firewall. I will stay with that until MS (or someone else) will resolve this puzzle.
What other problems are?
I went back to McAfee and that resolved all the problems. May be it's Avast free was the problem?
(My previous reply never showed up on this forum!)
Hmmm...McAfee, and Norton are in the same basket IMO...Don't touch...
No real problems with McAfee, slightly slower system, but negligible.
Update: McAfee is gone, worst than all the others! Back to Avast and Vista FW.
Do not be surprised if you end up doing a clean install of Vista to speed up your computer.
McAfee leaves a ton of junk when uninstalled.
I did and it was worth the trouble. Yes it came preinstalled on my laptop.
Bought Vista and did a clean install. Worth it to me.
My Vista came with Norton, but I was able to kill any trace of it.
But after 5 trips through the regs, I got tired.
So far I've spent two hours on the phone with a Microsoft tech support without any real answer to the problem. He will get back to me today, after some more "research".