Are you running Windows Live OneCare? I believe it disables the standard
firewall, because it has it's own.


"John" <noneya@noneya.com> wrote in message
news:505C4E79-B83E-49E3-BA87-65DE6820DA95@microsoft.com...
> Every time I boot up my Vista Home Premium machine Windows Firewall is
> turned off. I have to manually turn it on EVERY time I boot up. It doesn't
> matter if the WIFI I'm using is set for "Public" or "Private". How do I
> change the Windows Firewall settings to turn on the firewall regardless of
> the type of WIFI connection I'm using?