Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:53 AM
by
andy
SP2 breaks Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing Service
I recently installed SP2 on a machine and ran
into this error message everytime I attemtped to start the Windows
Firewall:
Could
not start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing Service
(ICS) on Local Computer.
Error 0x80004015: The class is configured
to run as a security id different from the caller.
After some google searching I
eventually found a thread
describing the issue I was having. I have reworded the solution
below.
Click “Start”
followed by “Run...”
Type in
“regedt32” and hit the enter key.
Locate the
key
HKEY_Local_MACHINE\software\classes\appid\{ce166e40-1e72-45b9-94c9-3b2050i8f180}
and highlight it.
Click
“File” and then “Export” from the File menu
and export a copy of the key.
Make
sure the key mentioned in step 3 is still highlighted and delete it.
Restart
your computer and the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
Service should start automatically.