Article ID: 314592 - Last Review: October 27, 2006 - Revision: 1.2

Domain Policy to Stop the Use of ICS or ICF Stops Services

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SYMPTOMS

When a group policy prohibits the use of the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) or Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), these services cannot stay on.
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date       Time   Version      Size     File name
   ----------------------------------------------------
   27-Feb-02  14:01  5.1.2600.31  656,896  Userenv.dll
   27-Feb-02  14:08  5.1.2600.31  453,120  Ipnathlp.dll
   27-Feb-02  14:03  5.1.2600.31  148,992  Netman.dll

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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not use a group policy that does not allow ICF or ICS.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.
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MORE INFORMATION

The ICF or ICS services must continue to run despite the group policy so that if the policy changes or the computer moves to a different part of the domain that allows the use of ICF or ICS, the service can dynamically receive the policy change.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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Keywords: 
kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbenv kbfix kbnetwork kbwinxpsp1fix KB314592
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