The symptom of my problem is Vista is telling me that my firewall is not
running, but it won't start manually. Also doesn't connect to the internet
(I'm using a borrowed machine here)
I can see that BFE is not running and that won't start either, says a file
is missing.
I have tried a system restore to several different points, after quite a few
minutes tells me this has failed and the problem is still there. Tried the
sfc which said it fixed some files but could not fix all, wasn't obvious to
me from the log what it couldn't fix.
In desperation have backed everything up I can find and tried to reinstall
(I have a Dell installation disc so no option to repair)
This got to the first reboot on expanding files (27%) and then failed and
restored back to the original configuration.
As you can see I seem to be in big troubles, (started after a Windows Update
this morning as far as I can tell, was alright before that)
Any advice anyone can offer will be gratefully received