Windows Firewall/ICS service broken...why?

[sonnet]

Hi I have a problem to keep the Windows Firewall/ICS service working.

I don' t figure out what I remove that break the functionality of this service.I read on blackviper that Windows Firewall/ICS needs network connections to work properly and WMI

but I don't see any option to remove network connections, neither I removed WMI.The operating system is xp x64

I kept checked the "ethernet and wifi" box on compatibility button.

Here's my .ini file (I put only the relevant part ):

;# Drivers #

Cameras and Camcorders

Display Adapters

Display Adapters (old)

Ethernet (LAN)

ISDN

Modems

Multifunctional

Printers

Scanners

SCSI/RAID

Sound Controllers

Tape drives

Wireless Ethernet (WLAN)

;# Hardware Support #

AGP filters

ALI IDE Controller

AMD IDE Controller

ATM Support

Battery

Bluetooth Support

Brother Devices

CMD PCI IDE Controller

CPU AMD

Floppy Support

InfraRed

Iomega Zip drive

Multi-port serial adapters

PCMCIA

Secure Digital host controller

Smart Cards

Teletext codec

Toshiba PCI IDE Controller

VIA PCI IDE Controller

Windows CE USB Host

;# Multimedia #

ActiveX for streaming video

AOL ART Image Format Support

DirectX diagnostic tool

Images and Backgrounds

Intel Indeo codecs

Luna desktop theme

Mouse Cursors

Movie Maker

Music Samples

Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder

Speech Support

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player 6.4

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

Windows Sounds

;# Network #

Communication tools

Connection Manager

H323 MSP

Internet Connection Wizard

Internet Explorer

Internet Information Services (IIS)

IP Conferencing

MSN Explorer

Netmeeting

NetShell Cmd-Tool

Network Monitor Driver and Tools

Network Setup Wizard

NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Protocol

Outlook Express

Peer-to-Peer

Share Creation Wizard

Synchronization Manager

Vector Graphics Rendering (VML)

Windows Messenger

;# Operating System Options #

Administration Tools Pack

Administrative Templates

Administrator VB scripts

Color Schemes

Command-line tools

Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Disk and Profile Quota

Disk Cleanup

Document Templates

DR Watson

Extensible Storage Engine (Esent97)

Extra Fonts

FAT to NTFS converter

File and Settings Wizard

File System Encryption

Format drive support

Group Policy Management Console

Help and Support

IExpress Wizard

Input Method Editor

Local Security Settings

Manual Install and Upgrade

MS Agent

Out of Box Experience (OOBE)

Private Character Editor

Remote Installation Services (RIS)

Search Assistant

Security Center

Service Pack Messages

Shell Media Handler

Symbolic Debugger (NTSD)

Tour

User account pictures

Web View

Zip Folders

;# Services #

Alerter

Automatic Updates

Beep Driver

Distributed Link Tracking Client

Error Reporting

Fax Service

HTTP SSL

IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service

Indexing Service

Messenger

QoS RSVP

Quality of Service (QoS)

Remote Registry

Removable Storage

Service Advertising Protocol

Simple TCP/IP Services

System Restore Service

TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

Telnet

Text Services Framework

Uninterruptible Power Supply

Volume Shadow Copy

WebClient

;# Directories #

DOCS

SUPPORT

;# Compatibility #

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi

yahoo.bmp

swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]

DupeFiles

ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"

TargetPath = "WINDOWS"

temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

NoWmpComp

RemoveMUI

CleanBiosInfo

[Patches]

TcpIp = 1000

DoUxTheme

[services2]

[Tweaks]

Edited March 14, 2008 by sonnet

[mximus]

I had the same problem...if its caused by the same thing as mine then try running this:

Rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf

Seems only to happen with SP2 x64 but i just created a batch file which automatically runs at first start and fixes the problem.

hope it helps.