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Could Not Start The Windows Firewall/Internet Connection (ICS Service on Local Computer

Asked by: ratzephyr

I cannot start the Windows Firewall.  When I try to start the service I get the error

"Could Not Start The Windows Firewall/Internet Connection (ICS Service on Local Computer.  Error 10047:  An Address incompatible with the requested protocol was used."

The Event Viewer says the following.

The Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service terminated with the following error:
An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used.


I have tried the solution posted by gemarti at http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21042844.html

but it doesnt work for me.

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2005-01-07 at 18:13:39ID21266448
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Answers

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2005-01-07 at 18:18:12ID: 12990235

try this
Go to the command prompt and then type the command "Netsh winsock reset"
without the quotes

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2005-01-07 at 18:19:10ID: 12990241

 

by: richrumblePosted on 2005-01-07 at 19:19:26ID: 12990426

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/windows_sockets_error_codes_2.asp

WSAEAFNOSUPPORT
10047       

Address family not supported by protocol family.
    An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used. All sockets are created with an associated address family (that is, AF_INET for Internet Protocols) and a generic protocol type (that is, SOCK_STREAM). This error is returned if an incorrect protocol is explicitly requested in the socket call, or if an address of the wrong family is used for a socket, for example, in sendto.

The reset above- should take care of it...
-rich

 

by: SystmProgPosted on 2005-01-07 at 23:25:47ID: 12991150

Hi :-)

Here it is :-

Uninstall and Reinstall TCP/IP stack from network properties.

Tx
SP

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2005-01-08 at 05:43:58ID: 12992079

SP, you can't uninstall tcp in XP (considered a core part of the OS) :-)

 

by: SystmProgPosted on 2005-01-08 at 05:48:33ID: 12992108

ok

you need to use

netsh int ip reset

:-)

 

by: SystmProgPosted on 2005-01-08 at 05:49:05ID: 12992111

the q post was in Windows security

 

by: idana2Posted on 2005-01-19 at 04:31:02ID: 13081855

Thanks guys,You helped me too.
The winsock reset solution works fine.

 

by: lennyvmartPosted on 2005-02-06 at 13:17:14ID: 13240105

OK you need to download a winsock fix program most of the time when something in windows to do with the network wont load you need to clear the whole network your best bet is to go to this sight and download this http://www.snapfiles.com/dlnow/dlnow.dll?Inc=No&ID=107303 and then it should fix your problem.

 

by: randykleinPosted on 2005-03-26 at 16:27:36ID: 13637724

I have come across this several times now.  If you are running Microsoft Anti-spyware, and then run the upgrade to SP2, it can wreak havoc on may fronts.  

Go to the command prompt (start, run, cmd)

and type

netsh winsock reset

If this doesn't work, try uninstalling the MS anti-spyware, and reloading SP2.

 

by: sramesh2kPosted on 2005-05-01 at 23:36:49ID: 13907282

For the benefit of PAQ readers:

After you run Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), you have network-related problems, or you receive an error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

 

by: mattrix007Posted on 2005-09-14 at 14:06:46ID: 14884943


I wasn't having any luck with a few of the solutions I'd seen ... (and I didn't try the WinSock XP Fix) ... but the fix that did work on two of our machines was :

http://blogs.geekdojo.net/andy/archive/2004/08/31/2983.aspx
http://ls.berkeley.edu/mail/micronet/2004/1211.html

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