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[frank4082]

During the last weeks my Windows7Firewall 3.5 Plus did not seem to intercept my internet traffic properly anymore (on Win 7 64bit), so I decided to upgrade to v4 Plus. I uninstalled v3.5 first; then installed v4.

I never got v4 to work (msgbox "Windows 7 Firewall Control Service is not running"). Also, Windows7FirewallService is set to "Stopped" in services. When I try to start the Windows7FirewallService I get msgbox
"Windows could not start Windows7FirewallService service on Local computer.
Error1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion".

Restarting/ re-installing did not solve the problem. v4 free version 64bit is producing the same error.

Any help would be much appreciated; I really like this product. Thanks

[VistaFirewallControl]

W7FC service (for W7, 32 and 64bit) depends on BFE (Base Filtering Engine)
Please check the service state.
BFE is the underlying network security core; BFE is required for WindowsFirewall (MpssSvc service) as well.
Please check the ability to start WF (MpssSvc service) and keep us informed

[frank4082]

Many thanks for the prompt support! BFE was actually missing from my system (possibly after a recent strange report from my antivirus software) but I was able to restore it by adding a chunk of information to the registry (described on various web pages). Windows7Firewall now works again.

I am very happy, thanks again.