Hey i have the same problem! but i went to services.msc and cannot find
, Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharig (ICS) it aint there. How
can i get it back on there?


Jerry Wrote:
> Start run services.msc and scroll down to Windows Firewall/Internet
> Connection Sharing (ICS). It should be Started in the Status column
> and
> Automatic in the Startup Type column.
>
> If you need to change it highlight the item, right-click, select
> Properties
> and make the changes.
>
> "Stuart Tween" stuart@tweeny.go-plus.net wrote in message
> news:42ff67b5$0$141$7b0f0fd3@mistral.news.newnet.c o.uk...-
> Can anyone help me?
> A while ago I set up two pc's to share an ADSL broadband connection
> (Client
> running XP professional with service pack 1, and other one running
> Me).
> Got
> it sussed with no teething troubles. A while ago, the pc with Me was
> packed
> away, and only the pc with XP professional has been in use. Updates
> have
> been done regularly to keep it up to spec.
> However, over this weekend, I've tried to reconnect the two pc's, but
> with
> no luck.
> The one running Me can see and talk to the XP one, but not vice versa.
> The
> XP pc will not allow internet sharing, nor will it speak to the other
> pc.
> Opening the properties box from the status connection window (bit by
> the
> clock), I cannot enable internet connection sharing over my network.
> The
> error message "an error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing
> was
> being
> enabled - The specified service does not exist as an installed
> service"
> comes up. I haven't deleted ANY windows files (e.g. dll's) because, to
> be
> honest, I wouldn't know what ones were safe to delete. Doesn't even
> work
> with Zonealarm disabled. The only extra installed recently was a
> Bluetooth
> dongle for my mobile phone. The Windows help and support doesn't
> really
> help, nor can I work out what I need to install of the XP dis c to
> enable
> it. I've even gone as far as uninstalling the Bluetooth software, but
> to
> na
> avail.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how I can enable it ?
>
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