when i am joining my vista system in domain the system firewall service state changes to service could not be started and can not remote access and ping to the system but when i am changing the system to work group and restart for two times the service will run but putting back the system to domain the service will run if i won't restart the system. If any one has a permanent resolution please guide me. Thanks & Regards, Mohan Jampala.

Hi, When joined to domain, you computer may be controlled by group policy set by the domain administrator, it is suggested to contact the administrator and ask if they give proper permission to SharedAccess service. For related information, please visit Certain Administrative Templates from the Windows XP Security Guide may prevent you from starting the Windows Firewall service in Windows XP Service Pack 2. Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Its happening only for Windows Vista Systems in the domain not to the xp systems and the article applies only for windows xp and not vista.

Hi, From your description, it seems whenever the PC reboot, the service will revert to not started in domain. Give this situation, certain software installed on the Windows Vista system might has conflict with Windows Firewall, I would suggest perfrom a clean boot to test the issue. Clean Boot prevents software conflicts by preventing the startup items and non Microsoft services from loading. This way you can safely follow the process of elimination to check which application is causing this behavior. Refer: How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 Note: Ensure that you put your computer back to normal startup mode after completing the troubleshooting steps. Steps are available in the article given above. Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.