Firewall failed, but why?

[|2eason]

I've recently did (what I thought) was my final vlited install. Everything seemed to work fine at first, but after doing windows update I've found my firewall has failed. I traced it back to the base filtering engine, which is reporting an error 15100 'the resource loader has failed to find the MUI file". There are also some other spurious entries in the service list. Both EMDMgmt (readyboost) and PolicyAgent (ipsec) are listed, even though they weren't installed. Their entry are completely blank, and any attempt access them gives me first: "Configuration manager: A general internal Error has occured" then "The resource loader failed to find the MUI file".

So, can this be fixed, or do I have to do another install? TIA

My vlite config (on a 'official' sp1 integrated disk):

; vLite preset file
;
;#Environment:
; vLite v1.2 RC
; Framework 2.0.50727.832
; Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 32-bit
;
;#Target:
; Ultimate-sp1-x86 32-bit Service Pack 1
; Version 6.0.6001.18000 English (United States)
;
[Compatibility]

[CustomHide]

[Components]
;# Accessories #
Accessibility
Games-Game Explorer
Games-Inbox Games
Games-Premium Inbox Games
Notepad
Paint
Speech Support
Welcome Center
Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
Wordpad
;# Drivers #
Display adapters-Ati
Display adapters-Intel
Display adapters-NVIDIA
Display adapters-S3
Display adapters-SiS
Diva Server
Modems
Printers-Apollo
Printers-Brother
Printers-Canon
Printers-Citizen
Printers-Dell
Printers-Diconix
Printers-Epson
Printers-Fuji Xerox
Printers-Fujitsu
Printers-Gestetner
Printers-HP
Printers-IBM
Printers-Infotec
Printers-Konica
Printers-Konica Minolta
Printers-Kyocera Mita
Printers-Lanier
Printers-Lexmark
Printers-Minolta
Printers-Minolta-QMS
Printers-NEC
Printers-NRG
Printers-Oce
Printers-Oki
Printers-Okidata
Printers-Olivetti
Printers-Panasonic
Printers-QMS
Printers-Ricoh
Printers-Samsung
Printers-Savin
Printers-Seikosha
Printers-Sharp
Printers-Sony
Printers-Star
Printers-Tally
Printers-Tektronix
Printers-Wipro ePeripherals
Printers-Xerox
QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter
Scanners
Sound controllers
TV Tuners-ADS Technologies
TV Tuners-ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
TV Tuners-AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
TV Tuners-Compro Technology Inc.
TV Tuners-Conexant Systems, Inc.
TV Tuners-Creatix
TV Tuners-Hauppauge
TV Tuners-KNC ONE GmbH
TV Tuners-KWorld
TV Tuners-Lumanate, Inc.
TV Tuners-Philips Semiconductors
TV Tuners-Pinnacle Systems
TV Tuners-TerraTec Electronic GmbH
TV Tuners-VidzMedia Pte Ltd.
TV Tuners-ViXS Systems Inc.
;# Hardware Support #
Dynamic Volume Manager
Fax Support
Modem Support
Smartcards
TV Tuner support
XBOX 360 Controller
;# Languages #
Arabic
Brazillian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Simplified Chinese
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Table Driven Text Input Processor
Thai
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian
;# Multimedia #
Intel Indeo
Media Center
Movie and DVD Maker
Music and Video samples
Sample Pictures
SideShow
Sound Recorder
Windows Calendar
;# Network #
Connect to a Network Projector
Distributed File System (DFS)
Internet Explorer
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Remote Desktop and Assistance
Remote Desktop Client
RIP Listener
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple TCPIP services
Telnet Client
Telnet Server
TFTP Client
Windows Collaboration
Windows Mail
;# Services #
ActiveX Installer Service
Desktop Window Manager
Diagnostics
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
Error Reporting
Interactive Services Detection
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
Microsoft DFS Replication
ReadyBoost
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Registry
Routing and Remote Access
Secondary Logon
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
SuperFetch
TPM Base Services
Volume Shadow Copy
WebDAV (WebClient)
Windows Event Log
Windows Remote Management
Windows Search
Windows Time
;# System #
BitLocker Drive Encryption
Crash Dump Support
Digital Locker
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Disk Quota
Guided Help
IMAPIv2 Burning Support
Jet Database Engine
MDAC
Microsoft Client For NFS
Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ)
Parental Controls
Performance Counters
Reliability and Performance Monitor
Security Center
Software Quality Management (SQM)
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA)
System Restore
Windows Backup
Windows Easy Transfer
Windows SAT (Performance Index)
Windows Ultimate Extras

[Options]
DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default
User Account Control (UAC) = Disabled
AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default
Memory requirement = Default
AutoPlay = Disabled
Paging Executive = Enabled
Power scheme = Balanced
Power button = Default
Sleep button = Default
Hibernation = Default
Control Panel - Classic View = Default
Show hidden files and folders = No
Show protected operating system files = No
Show extensions for known file types = Yes
IE Phishing Filter = Default
IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Default

[Services]
AELOOKUPSVC = Disabled
ALG = Disabled
FDPHOST = Disabled
FDRESPUB = Disabled
HKMSVC = Disabled
IDSVC = Disabled
IPBUSENUM = Disabled
NAPAGENT = Disabled
NETLOGON = Disabled
PCASVC = Disabled
WCNCSVC = Disabled
WINHTTPAUTOPROXYSVC = Disabled
WMPNETWORKSVC = Disabled

[Protection]

[Drivers]
C:\rm\drivers\audio\cmajor\xp\NOV04\WDM\stac97.inf
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\New Folder\Graphics\igxp32.inf
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\New Folder\HDMI\IntcHdmi.inf
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\New Folder (2)\System32\Drivers\wacomhidfilter.inf

[Unattended]

[Hotfixes]

[LanguagePacks]

ETA: Is this an issue with IPsec and the base filtering engine? I know alot of the net services are heavily dependent on each other because of the ICS API, but I thought IPsec was seperate. I mean, the BFE is used by Ipsec, but surely the BFE wouldn't fail if IPsec weren't there, or would it?

Edited August 25, 2008 by |2eason