I get a msg that says that my firewall is not enabled, when I try and turn it on, it says that my group policy is not allowing me to turn it on. How can I activate some group policy is disabled, so my firewall work?

I searched around for group policy, but no luck.

A reinstall is quite often the fastest way to solve a problem.  Your hard drive will be completely erased in the process, it will be necessary to back up your personal files beforehand.  An external USB drive is good for this.  Also, you will need to reinstall all the applications that came with the computer.  If you use the Encrypting File System (EFS), make sure you back up your certificates as well or you will lose access to all your encrypted files - even if saved. (Encrypted files usually appear with names in green).

A "repair install" which does not erase your drive might also be possible, but if you have installed SP2, SP3, IE7 or IE8 you bought your machine, you should read the following article:

"How to perform a Windows XP repair installation, if a later version of Internet Explorer is installed"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/917964 >

HTH,
JW

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