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Error Code 0x80070424 with Windows Firewall and "Base Filtering Engine Service" Not available in services database list.

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Recently, many customers reported the Windows Firewall issue. This seemed to be caused by a wide spread malicious application.

Symptom:

The error message "Windows Firewall can't change some of your settings. Error code 0x80070424" will pop up when you try to change the Windows Firewall settings. In the meantime, when you restart the system, it might pop up an error saying that "Base Filtering Engine Service" could not be found in the system.

Please note that the same error code could pop up when you try doing anything in Windows Defender.

Resolution:

Download the registry files (You can also export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBFE from another working Win7 PC)
[View:https://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-52-58/1055.BFE.reg:550:0]

[View:https://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-52-58/0677.mpssvc.reg:550:0]

Launch and import them to registry

Restart your PC

Now,open RUN and type

regedit and click ok

go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBFE

Right click on it-permissions

Click on ADD and type

Everyone and click ok

Now Click on Everyone

Below you have permission for users

Select full control and click ok

Now,open RUN and type services.msc and click ok

start base filtering engine service and then windows firewall service

Good luck

Note:Modifying REGISTRY settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of REGISTRY settings can be solved. Modifications of these settings are at your own risk...

 

Threads that you can reference:

"Base Filtering Engine Service" Not available in services database list

Error  Code 0x80070424 with Windows Firewall, Defender in Windows 7

Windows  7 - Unable to start Windows Firewall

Error Code  0x80070424 with windows firewall and windows defender Error Code 0x80070424,  please help

Windows  7 - Windows Firewall missing from Services Menu and Error 0x80070424

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Thank you. you are champion B-)

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    thankyousooomuch

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Worked like a charm, thank you so much! Followed instructions exactly on windows 7 home edition today

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    perfekt funktioniert alles wieder

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    thankyousooomuch

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    as I Try to start up Base filtering It says Error 5: access is Denied, How can I Fix that?

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Worked like a charm.  Downloaded and installed both reg files.  Rebooted and made regedit changes.  Firewall now working again.  Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Worked great for me.  Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Thanks you

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Thanks for the BFE! Now running and listed in the services list again! I agree with pb, also am having no Windows Firewall on the services list. Still having Windows Firewall error code 0x80070424 which is also not in the services list. Could you have a reg file for this??

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    thanks

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    thanks

  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2011
    you,...yes,you... are completely awesome!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2012
    Thank you so much!  Worked like a charm!

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2012
    Thanks. This put BFE back on the services list and running.  However, I am still left without Windows Firewall on the services list.   Do you have a similar reg file I can use for the firewall?

  • Anonymous
    January 02, 2012
    you have to download both for the registery (there are two separate links). I now show then both in my registery, however it wont allow me to turn them on. I did add "everyone" to the permissions. Does this sound like a permission problem?

  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2012
    I follow all the steps. It works perfectly. Thanks so much.

  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2012
    It is not working fr me While trying to change the  window firewall settings it shows erroe 1068. Wat to do??/

  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2012
    After importing to the registry and rebooting, windows starts to black desktop and mouse cursor (no explorer/login screen), and nothing else - have to revert the changes to get back to functioning desktop. Windows 7 x64

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2012
    absolutely perfect. I had error code 0x6D9  without being able to access firewall controls. This fix was spot on. Follow the directions exactly. My system: Vista x64. Thanks a bunch. I was gonna reformat next.

  • Anonymous
    January 23, 2012
    It is really great !!. It works awesomely for me as well. Thank you so much

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2012
    Worked great! However Windows 7 users ignore the last part after set full control for both BFE and MPSSVC Reg files and reboot like vwvanman above suggests. Make sure to set permissions to both Reg files, follow the same process for both.  

  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2012
    You are truly amazing!  Thank you EVER so much!! :)

  • Anonymous
    February 05, 2012
    This is a great walk-through! This has been giving me a headache for 2 weeks!!! Many thanks!

  • Anonymous
    February 06, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2012
    THANK YOU!! i did it wrong the first 5 times becasue mine is not in english so i had to translate some stuff :) But now it works PERFECT!

  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2012
    I have spent 5 days searching the internet to solve a firewall problem, the ONLY one that worked is shown above, you have my undying thanks

  • Anonymous
    February 10, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    February 11, 2012
    Thanks.Your solution solve my firewall and sharing problems.

  • Anonymous
    February 11, 2012
    Awesome mate. Many thanks for this.

  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2012
    I think i love you. Thanks so much.

  • Anonymous
    February 14, 2012
    Hi thank you for the great solution. after I add registry files and rebooting my windows, my firewall started to work fine and normally. Should I continue the process or that was enough. again thank you so much.

  • Anonymous
    February 14, 2012
    Thank you sooo much... I feel much safer now.. still would love to know where I got that problem from...

  • Anonymous
    February 14, 2012
    worked like a charm

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2012
    Awesome, fixed it, thanks :D

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2012
    awesome. thanks so much!

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
    Thank you thank you thank you!!!

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2012
    Waded through lots of "solutions", all very complicated, then came across this thread. TADA!! Now working perfectly! Many Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2012
    My word, this is amazing. Also appears to have fixed 0x6D9 with 0x80070424 -- like so many, been hammering at this for many hours over the last couple weeks. Your solution took 5 minutes. And it was easy to follow. Way to go!

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2012
    Awesomme..

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2012
    Ohh amazing!! Thxxx, i was scared i could never fix it!

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2012
    I was having the same problem and error codes as everyone else here. This did the trick fabulously. Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    March 02, 2012
    worked to a tee, fixed up

  • Anonymous
    March 02, 2012
    I just want you to go through your day knowing that you have a total strangers full appreciation

  • Anonymous
    March 03, 2012
    Thank you so much. That was exactly what I needed. You legend!

  • Anonymous
    March 05, 2012
    Thank You danma....it worked.

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2012
    Worked fine, tvm!

  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2012
    Thank you very much, I can say I love you for this

  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2012
    Thank you. You save me also. Best regards.

  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2012
    thank you so much followed it and firewall is back on. quick question if anyone can answer, one comment says to set permission to both reg files yet the tutorial only says to set permission for BFE, do i have to set permission for mpssvc reg file as well.

  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2012
    dont know if you have to set for BOTH, but i DID... and it works perfectly.. thanks so much!

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2012
    YES! It worked, many thanks indeed!

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2012
    thank you very much!

  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2012
    THANK YOU!!!

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2012
    yes,It's working...you are great!!many many thanks...

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2012
    To those who got the security center but not firewall working, there is another reg file called firewall.reg available.

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2012
    Brilliant. I tried Microsoft for a solution and they were less than useless!!! Thankyou for your selfless contribution to others.

  • Anonymous
    March 30, 2012
    Perfect.  Thank you.  Wish I would have found your answer 8 hours ago.

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2012
    DUDE I LOVE YOU ! THATS WHAT I CALL A PRO.!!

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2012
    Thank you I repaired my computer specially my network.

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    April 02, 2012
    I think I love you....

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2012
    That was realy helpful.thanks alot

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2012
    THANK YOU, this has been annoying me for so long, I wasn't sure whether or not to trust it since download and making changes to my registry are risky, and setting permissions for everyone sounded fishy but it worked. (I also have very little experience with computers so it probably made tons of more sense to other people, but with your steps it was easy to do)

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2012
    how can i thank u ! u are perfect U ARE ZE BEST

  • Anonymous
    April 07, 2012
    You sir, are a genius. Many thanks!

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2012
    thank you very much i followed your  very clear instructions and all is working again

  • Anonymous
    April 12, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    April 12, 2012
    Awesome job. Saved my life.

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2012
    Awesome!  Total Ledge!  Well done that man...or woman...

  • Anonymous
    April 15, 2012
    Fantastic............... thank you so much

  • Anonymous
    April 17, 2012
    Thank you thank you, i tried so many things, i didn't even have hope anymore that this would work! but it freakn worked fantastic! you are a baaaws!

  • Anonymous
    April 17, 2012
    Thanks to you and narenxp

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2012
    Thank you so much

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2012
    Thanks so much

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2012
    Thank you so much, completely worked

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2012
    Problem Solved!!! Thanks a lot for the post.

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2012
    Thanks, you saved my day!

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2012
    Spent hours trying to sort this one. Excellent guide. Many thanks.

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2012
    Fixed the problem!  Thank you so much!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2012
    if i want to start start base filtering engine service there is an error... had i done anything wrong?

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2012
    ok now it works thank you soo much

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2012
    Thanks! I had spent more than 3 hours to resolve this issue. Finally, I was able to resolve this using the above mentioned steps.

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2012
    This worked perfectly! Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2012
    after i run and type service.msc no ok appears

  • Anonymous
    April 28, 2012
    yessssss it really worked thanks fellows

  • Anonymous
    April 30, 2012
    Grandiosa ayuda !!!.   Great Help !!! Greats !!!

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2012
    Months I've puzzled over this (in a non urgent way), then my wife tells me its now serious that she gets printer access, and now fixed in ten minutes :) THANKS

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2012
    It worked!!!! =D You are my new hero! Three cheers and a 1-man-mini-wave in your honour!

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2012
    Saved me a headache and a lot of time. worked first time Thanks a million...

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2012
    Thanks, works perfectly on Windows 7 (I only applied permissions to BFE). Looking at another Win7 registry, the Everyone permission isn't there, so maybe we should remove it after starting the services?

  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2012
    Thanks for the tip!! Very helpfull

  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2012
    AWESOME!

  • Anonymous
    May 12, 2012
    Got Base Started Man You Are Amazing :)

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2012
    you are great man!! fixed in mins..

  • Anonymous
    May 15, 2012
    Really awesome man

  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2012
    thank you kindly

  • Anonymous
    May 19, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    May 20, 2012
    Lifesaver! Been looking for a proper solution for weeks. Finally up and running again! Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    May 21, 2012
    Nope... All seems fine unti starting Windows Firewall.  Error Message Windows could not start Win FW on local Computer. See event log, if non-windows services contact vendor. Error code 5.

  • Anonymous
    May 23, 2012
    thanks much man and thanks DIGmyers :)

  • Anonymous
    May 28, 2012
    thanks master

  • Anonymous
    May 28, 2012
    thanks master

  • Anonymous
    May 29, 2012
    Thank you so much sir!

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2012
    You tha man (or women I don't now) Thanks!!

  • Anonymous
    June 03, 2012
    after following those step this thing came out 'windows could not start the BFE service on local computer' error 5: access denied need your help? ty

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2012
    Nice dude! Thanks a lot!

  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2012
    Worked like magic. Disappeared windows firewall service, disabled security centre came back. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2012
    its not working. the firewall is not started .

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2012
    Thank you for you information.. .u have lot of knowledge bro. . .

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2012
    Every step goes smoothly until I attempt to start Windows Firewall in Services.mpc.  I get "windows could not start the windows firewall on local computer...service-specific error code 5"

  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2012
    Some demand a system wipe and a fresh install this fixed the issue and now everything is tickety boo.

  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2012
    nice work, very much appreciate the hard work you put into this & recognize it!

  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2012
    thks, it works great for me.

  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2012
    Worked like a charm thanks

  • Anonymous
    June 21, 2012
    Works like a charm!!! No reinstallation for me. Thank you

  • Anonymous
    June 22, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    June 22, 2012
    Thanks soooooo much, you are good man, you have a kind heart to help others, thanks soooo much it actually work perfectly for me

  • Anonymous
    June 23, 2012
    The file BFE does not exist there! pls help

  • Anonymous
    June 26, 2012
    thanks a lot! thanks thanks thanks!

  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2012
    Atlast this worked for me social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2012
    Awesome instructions.  Worked like a charm.  Thanks for taking your time to provide the registry loads and instructions.  Very much appreciated.  

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2012
    you are awesome!!!!!!! this worked like a charm because my VPN wasn't working because of lacking the bfe...

  • Anonymous
    July 09, 2012
    filtering engine started but windows firewall service would not. I guess they got smart.

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2012
    Still can't get firewall running but bfe is sorted

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2012
    Error Message Windows could not start Win FW on local Computer. See event log, if non-windows services contact vendor. Error code 5. Any solution to this? So annoying especially since everyone else is gettting fixed and I'm still here after 4 hours tinkering and endless more hours spent on malware scans! Any and all help appriciated

  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2012
    Me too, same problem as above, error code 5, can't start WF :( any ideas?

  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2012
    OMG!  Thank you so much Danma!!  You fixed something that Symantec couldn't even think of!  How Awesome!  You saved me much headaches!

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2012
    Got the same error code 5 shawn77 link worked for me

  • Anonymous
    July 15, 2012
    i followed the instructions, and BFE is starting again, but i can't start the Windows Firewall service. It says error 5. Does anyone know if i have done anything wrong?

  • Anonymous
    July 15, 2012
    Hi kenny Use this link social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad cheers

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2012
    Thank you so much  - Perfect! I've been round the houses with this and was about to reformat. Many thanks

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2012
    When I start Windows Firewall service in services.msc it says: Windows could not start Windows Firewall on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event log. if this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 5.

  • Anonymous
    July 24, 2012
    OMG, I did it!!! I fixed it!!! Thanks a lot, you are great!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 26, 2012
    IAnon Check my link.Had the exact problem as yours

  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2012
    Helped me a lot, thx for the answer i searched several weeks for.

  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2012
    wow thank you thank you this helps a lot it works fantastic

  • Anonymous
    August 05, 2012
    awesome - thanks for the fix, has saved me from a rebuild!

  • Anonymous
    August 09, 2012
    This worked amazingly! Thank you so much for the help!

  • Anonymous
    August 13, 2012
    Awesome Bud!! Worked like a charm!!

  • Anonymous
    August 20, 2012
    Sigh of relief Helpless, thank you SOOO MUCH!! I had followed the instructions posted here and from a different site and messed around with it for hours but still could not start firewall... Instructions in your link worked like a charm; everyone still having problems, follow the instructions posted by narenxp here: social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2012
    Yep!  Thank the Lord for you. Your instructions were flawless and I appreciate your help.

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2012
    PROBLEM!!i started the base engine service,but when i tried to start windows firewall service it said 'windows cannot start firewall on local computer'..what to do now??

  • Anonymous
    September 01, 2012
    It works like a charm after rebooting

  • Anonymous
    September 01, 2012
    Yea this works 100% thanks alot man.

  • Anonymous
    September 12, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    September 14, 2012
    Thank you for helping me out. I have Win7 and I followed your great directions and those from the link on top. Windows Firewall works now.

  • Anonymous
    September 23, 2012
    At the end, when I go to Start the service for both the base filtering and the windows firewall, I get Error 5: Access Is Denied (for the base filtering) and Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start. Help please! I need my firewall turned on, because I have over 17000 infected files!!

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2012
    when i turn on the base filtering engine i lose internet access please help me?

  • Anonymous
    October 15, 2012
    Hello, you helpedme alot, but at the last part, it says Windows firewall cannot be started...... You do not have permission for that.  I've got the permission for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBFE but the rest doesnt work at all!

  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2012
    This is awesome! The olny solution I have found ecept this one was to reinstall win! Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    October 18, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2012
    At the end when I try to enable the firewall, I get the message seen in the following screen shot: http://i.imgur.com/l3NrQ.jpg . Anyone have any suggestions?

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2012
    For access denied errors see this topic social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2012
    I never noticed a problem till I tried to run a VPN client. This solution worked great. THANK YOU!

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2012
    Did not work for me. I only have error 0x6D9. Followed exactly, and on the last step to start windows firewall, it says it cannot start the firewall and doesn't give me another error. Any ideas?

  • Anonymous
    November 06, 2012
    Thank you, but I still have a problem: I started the "base filter engine" in German: "Basisfiltermodul", but still the "Windows Firewall" service (Dienst) could not be started because of: Fehlercode 5 (error code 5) I need help!

  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2012
    This is absolutely perfect! Thank you! However afterward I received a service-specific error code 5 message, but it was easily solvable with a fix-it link from the Microsoft website.

  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2012
    Is there a way to also get the fwcagent.exe file? I needed both the 1055.BFE.reg and 0677.mpssvc.reg but I seem to also need a file for Fwcagent.exe.  Please help.

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2012
    Wow that was a n amazing fix. What career are u pursuing lol

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2012
    NOT WORK AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2012
    For those who still have errors starting firewall,read the fix given here social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    December 03, 2012
    You are perfect,genius , Im so happy,thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2012
    Wooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww, It's works.... Many thanks...;)

  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2012
    Fantastic! How you guys figure these out is a mystery to me, but thank you!

  • Anonymous
    December 13, 2012
    This solves the problem, why can't Microsoft or McAfee provide this as a solution. You are the best.

  • Anonymous
    December 15, 2012
    I followed the steps and windows firewall service isn't listed

  • Anonymous
    December 17, 2012
    Thanks,nothing worked until this moment.I think that, nothing help me..Once Again,Thanks :)

  • Anonymous
    December 21, 2012
    Thank you thank you thank you!!!! This worked for me. THANKS!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    December 21, 2012
    Aunque ha sido un poco complicado para mi, al final siguiendo los pasos del amigo DANMA, he conseguido poner en marcha el firewall de Windows. No me lo puedo creer, eres una maquina. Muchas gracias.

  • Anonymous
    December 23, 2012
    When I try to start the Windows Firewall service I get:

Services

Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 5.

OK  

  • Anonymous
    December 24, 2012
    Thanks - even a non geek like me got it fixed with your advice. You all saved the day!

  • Anonymous
    December 24, 2012
    When I started the service for the base filtering engine I got error 5: access is denied. What can I do?

  • Anonymous
    December 24, 2012
    You are amazing!! I just wish I would've came across this sooner!  I spent 3 hours this morning while some Windows tech stumbled around my computer to no avail, then I came across this thread, followed the directions step by step, and 5 minutes later I was good to go.

  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2012
    thank you so much! for those who still have errors on firewall service try this social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    January 03, 2013
    BFE is not importing into my registry am i forgetting a step. I have windows 7after i downloaded both files I launch them and closed them. Nothing popped up about importing into the registry. After rebooting the system I still cannot see the BFE folder.

  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2013
    awesome!!! and it works already, thank you!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 13, 2013
    Worked like a dream.  Step by step was extremely helpful as I'm not very computer proficient. Thanks much!

  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2013
    Thank you veery much!! This helped me a lot! :)

  • Anonymous
    January 21, 2013
    Bravo! Like many of the other persons have said - spent days searching for a soluntion (not to mention 45 minutes with a tech guru) Thanks for the post

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2013
    Epic fail as per most of your solutions. Thanks for nothing again!

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2013
    This worked social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2013
    Wow!!! It worked, thank you very much!!! :-)

  • Anonymous
    February 09, 2013
    Thank you so incredibly much. It's working again. :)

  • Anonymous
    February 12, 2013
    Thank you very much indeed, saved me a full re-install

  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2013
    PLEASE HELP! After completing the whole process my base filtering engine service started successfully, but when I am going to start the Windows Firewall it shows a pop up message "Windows could not start the Windows Firewall service on LOcal Computer. Error 1079: The account specified for other services running in the same process.

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2013
    absolutely perfect. worked one shot

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2013
    Hey great fix, for me as soon as i downloaded both the registry files and then restarted my pc, all was repaired and my firewall back up and running as per normal. dident need to edit the registry any further.

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2013
    I have this problem but cannot follow through with the above. I'm too frightened to mess with the registry. Can anyone please show me how to do this in really really simple step by step terms?

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2013
    Try the tool given here social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    February 26, 2013
    Thank you, thank you. Worked great. From Baltimore, MD. USA.  :)

  • Anonymous
    March 03, 2013
    I think its working good now... Respect From Slovakia thx ;)

  • Anonymous
    March 07, 2013
    No words could ever express how i love you

  • Anonymous
    March 08, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2013
    Did everything and was able to start the base filtering engine service just fine, but wouldnt let me start the windows Firewall service. Get a pop up saying "Windows could not start the Windows firewall on Local Computer. If this is a non-microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to the service-specific error code 5." PLZ Help

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2013
    Is there any German? I' don't know what to type, "Everyone" doesn't work. Anybody knows?

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2013
    Ich translated in German but I didn't find either Filtering engine Service or Windows Firewall Service Entry.... :-(

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2013
    Got error code 5 but his worked !!! social.technet.microsoft.com/.../5366225a-46e7-4d6c-a389-8bd18a5c3aad

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2013
    Worked a treat, got the same problem as many others regarding permission on the non-microsoft service. Dunno whether it was the right thing to do but I applied the same process to SharedAccess in the registry and same path and it worked

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2013
    Worked for me, too!  Very simple solution.  Thanks a heap. (Windows 7 Ultimate)

  • Anonymous
    March 28, 2013
    wont let me start base filtering sevice

  • Anonymous
    March 28, 2013
    Try setting it to start automatic > reboot, worked for me.

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2013
    Thank you so much, everyone else I tried pretty much said the same thing but so much more complex so thank you for the simple run down.

  • Anonymous
    April 02, 2013
    Great job! I got really nervous with this error. Thank you man.

  • Anonymous
    April 02, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2013
    ummm, i hve problem here, i can start the windows firewall, already done what u write above while starting the WF, i get pop up, it said WINDOWS COULD NOT START THE WINDOWS FIREWALL ON LOCAL COMPUTER, ETC here the link of the picture img855.imageshack.us/.../17051749.jpg pls help me :( u can reach me thru my ym : renosaputro@yahoo.co.id

  • Anonymous
    May 04, 2013
    thanks for the information :) helps a lot..

  • Anonymous
    May 23, 2013
    Thank you so much!!!!  Works like a charm!

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2013
    does it works on Windows 8? I have a Dell with a pre-installed Windows 8 OS Thank You!!

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2013
    If you try this & still can't get it running then try the fix as this site. www.kentoyer.com/.../windows-7-firewall-service-wont-start I still couldn't get it running after following this but the fix at that site worked a treat.

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2013
    Excellent article. Also review another site to turn on firewall after doing above changes. Link: answers.microsoft.com/.../8f6e7846-e647-4673-ae26-fd4c38860df1 VERY IMPORTANT BEFORE DOING ALL THIS ENSURE TO ADD A BOOKMARK TO THESE WEBSITES ELSE YOU WILL LOSE WHAT CHANGES NEEDS TO BE DONE AFTER REBOOT :-)

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2013
    This worked perfectly. I just downloaded the two files and restarted. Problem solved. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2013
    When I try to do it, in base filtering engine, shows me an error5: Access is denied. Please help!

  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2013
    Thanks. A bit late to the party I know. But this saved me from a complete windows re-install (which i was minutes away from starting).

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2013
    i used windows 8 system, can this works for me cos it shows base filtering engine missing whenever i start my system. 2ndly, how am i gonna do this: Download the registry files (You can also export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBFE from another working Win7 PC) 1055.BFE.reg 0677.mpssvc.reg Launch and import them to registry

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2013
    Error code 5 issue resolved, please follow the below link blogs.technet.com/.../error-code-0x80070424-with-windows-firewall-and-quot-base-filtering-engine-service-quot-not-available-in-services-database-list.aspx

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2013
    Sorry wrong list pasted, here is the correct link answers.microsoft.com/.../8f6e7846-e647-4673-ae26-fd4c38860df1

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2013
    social.technet.microsoft.com/.../windows-firewall-damaged-by-windows-7-antivirus-2012 This link is for noobs to resolve error code 5 issue

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2013
    hey man i hv done everything bt in the end it says base filtering cannot start on local computer...what should i do..??

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2013
    I've followed the instructions but when I went to start windows firewall it still refused to do so and said " windows cannot start firewall for further info please view the system review log" what do i do now?????

  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2013
    Great one, that helped me to fix the problem

  • Anonymous
    August 01, 2013
    For this error you find 5000 entries in google, this is the only one which solve the problem!! Absolutly perfect! Thanks

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2013
    Thanks that was very cool! Back in business. Thank you

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    August 14, 2013
    awesome, I had tried this fix but it was slightly different and didn't include the last step of giving control to everyone. thank you so much, wish I had seen this fix first but all's well that ends well.

  • Anonymous
    August 14, 2013
    Bei der deutschen Windows-Version statt "Everyone" einfach "Jeder" eintippen. It works fine now.

  • Anonymous
    August 18, 2013
    I did it but it comes up with error code 5 :-/

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2013
    thanks for the solution...it worked for me

  • Anonymous
    August 29, 2013
    Dude when I am Starting Firewall,, The error is showing that Windows Could Not Start The Windows Firewall on Local Computer. What should I do ???

  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2013
     This is the only solution that worked out of the many online suggestions that I tried.  If I could follow the instructions and do it, anyone can.  Thanks ...

  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2013
    Sympa. merci en windows 7 et sur un asus. J,ai suivi à la lettre c'est ok (il faut redémarrer windows defender aussi)

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2013
    Great article.Very reassuring to us non-tech's. Please keep up the good work

  • Anonymous
    October 02, 2013
    Tried a bunch and this worked great on a computer that shown no viruses. Thanks for the help!

  • Anonymous
    October 08, 2013
    u r too good thanks for helping!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    October 09, 2013
    only solution that worked thank you

  • Anonymous
    October 18, 2013
    I have done everything you have listed above, but I am still not getting the Windows Firewall tab in the Service section... :/ What do I do now?

  • Anonymous
    October 21, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    October 22, 2013
    Super super! Seit zwei Tagen google ich nun schon. Hab alles probiert. Virenprogramm, Malewareprogramme, Rootkits, selbst auf der tollen microsoft seite keine Lösung gefunden. Toole Anleitung, Firewall funktioniert wieder. Riesen Dank!

  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2013
    excelente al fin pude solucinar el problema, muchas gracias

  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2013
    Because this was awesome, I love you haha; how can you know these things? :O Works perfectly now, you get best ratings!

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2013
    THX... offen it is also a Problem with permission in sharedaccess. put everyone in it, and repair the error. REgistry: regedit--->local machine--->currentcontrolSet---->Services--->SharedAccess. THX + CU

  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2013
    You guys rock! I gave up weeks ago after trawling forums for hours.. I decided to have another go and found this solution.. What the heck I thought, nothing to lose.. Bingo, Firewall is up and running again.. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2013
    now i have service specific error code 5. please help.

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2013
    on windows 8 64 does not work for me try same step and still nothing please help

  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2013
    Works perfectly. Thank you so much!!!!

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2013
    This worked wonderfully! My firewall was not working...after days of trying other recommendations...and having them fail...finally i have it fixed. Thank you, Len

  • Anonymous
    December 01, 2013
    Two days lost until I found this post. Works perfect many thanks.

  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2013
    hello, ive got the same error in windows 8.1 pro and i tried this resolution but it doesnt work at all, Pls. can you help me.

  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2013
    If i say thank you , I think it's very low . If i say thanks alot , may be it's not enough . thanks thanks thanks from here to mars planet .

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2014
    I have tried a dozen other procedures to fix the problem and nothing worked until now. This worked perfectly. Firewall is back up and running. Thank you very much!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2014
    I was trying to start up the base filtering it says "error 5:access is denied" what should i do now?please help

  • Anonymous
    January 22, 2014
    I was worried at first that this would only mess up my system further, but it totally worked! Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2014
    Thanks, worked perfectly.

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2014
    Wow, you are the greatest! Many many many thanks!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2014
    Thank you you fixed my issue! Question is, how did this happen in the first place?

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2014
    Great post,very nice.This post is very important and very useful.Thanks for sharing.Please visit Fix Windows 7 Error 1068 this link

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2014
    Error 5: Access is denied...what to do????

  • Anonymous
    February 05, 2014
    excellent, thanks a ton...

  • Anonymous
    February 12, 2014
    Yess me too, so happy people take their time to help others! Thank you sir!

  • Anonymous
    February 14, 2014
    Thanks..........Dear its realy great...........

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2014
    lol i never thought i can do it myself. you are the best. thank you so much

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2014
    brilliant...thanks

  • Anonymous
    March 05, 2014
    Thank You gUYS sO mUCH...

  • Anonymous
    March 13, 2014
    Thank you so much! I don't normally download registry entries from websites but this worked just as advised. BFE is back up and running and I'm able to install our company's antivirus. Perfect.

  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2014
    That was fantastic!!!
    I did it on the 03/17/2014 and it works!

  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2014
    Perfect!!!

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2014
    That’s a nice blog , this blog helps you, please check this url and solve your windows 7 related problem.
    http://windows7support.blogspot.in/2012/08/fix-windows-7-error-1068.html
    Thanks
    Aalia lyon

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2014
    Fantastic blog!!! This blog helps you to solve your any knid of windows 7 firewall error , its can get instant service provider.go through this link.
    http://windows7support.blogspot.in/2012/08/fix-windows-7-error-1068.html
    Thanks
    Aalia lyon

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2014
    S U P E R !!!

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2014
    When I try to START "Windows Firewall Properties" the error below throw out. What should I do?

    Error Code:
    "Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local Computer. For more information, REview the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 5."

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2014
    Awesome blog if need any type of problem of windows 7 so go through this site and fix your problem of any type of your problem
    http://windows7support.blogspot.in/2012/08/fix-windows-7-error-1068.html
    Thank you
    Aalia lyon

  • Anonymous
    March 28, 2014
    thanks share nya gan, mampir ya
    http://bit.ly/1lqHzRI

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2014
    That’s a nice blog , this blog helps you, please check this url and solve your windows 7 related problem.
    http://windows7support.blogspot.in/2012/08/fix-windows-7-error-1068.html
    Thanks
    Aalia lyon

  • Anonymous
    April 07, 2014
    JUst tried this and it worked just fine. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2014
    thanks a lot BFE back to nomal, great help.

  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2014
    You are the BEST. After two days I finally managed with your help. Thank you very much.

  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2014
    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2014
    thanks man :D

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2014
    awesome.thanks

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2014
    it gives me a an error 5 access is denied i need help.

  • Anonymous
    July 01, 2014
    For Windows7 Tech Support
    contact on 1-800-935-0537
    http://www.computertechsupport.us/
    (FREE CONSULT)

  • Anonymous
    July 08, 2014
    thank you so much. nice one.

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2014
    you can try to perform a quick repair the existing office installation.
    I don't recommend an online installation as it may reset the activation settings.
    for more understanding, I hope the below link should be useful for you.
    http://www.errosupport.com/error-0x80070424/

  • Anonymous
    July 22, 2014
    This did the trick when nothing else would!

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2014
    Was looking for for a fix for this issue for ages. Works perfectly - absolutely brilliant and Thank You Danma

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2014
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    September 14, 2014
    After do the SFC/SCANNOW HE SAY Window Resource Protection did find any integrity violations.
    Someone plss help me how to fix this...

  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2014
    erro pops up when importing bfe file plz help me im desprete

  • Anonymous
    September 19, 2014
    This worked perfectly, thank you!!

  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2014
    Thank you worked perfectly and the directions were easy to follow.

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2014
    thankyou sooo much

  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2014
    Great Article ! Works like a charm . Thanks very much

  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2014
    oh my gosh - thank you so much!

  • Anonymous
    November 16, 2014
    You... Sir... deserve a medal. This worked PERFECTLY!!!

    MANY, MANY THANKS!!

  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2014
    it's really works , Thank you so much for suggest this solution ...... :) :)

  • Anonymous
    December 18, 2014
    Thats really works

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2015
    It saved my new year! danma you are really good! Many thanks!

  • Anonymous
    January 05, 2015
    I want to say thank you,
    worked perfectly

  • Anonymous
    January 17, 2015
    Thanks a lot. My problem solved. Excellent solution.

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2015
    bingo!!!! I did have to reboot again after applying the registry fixes. Thanks for your help.

  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2015
    thx

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2015
    This fixed my issue... Instructions were spot on! Thanks very much... :)

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2015
    Thanks! It worked for me.

  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2015
    thank you!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2015
    https://www.facebook.com/412489242255858/posts/418436898327759/

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2015
    Thank you very much!!
    This has been giving me a headache for 2 year!!
    Love you!

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2015
    Thank you very much!!
    This has been giving me a headache for 2 year!!
    Love you!

  • Anonymous
    June 23, 2015
    I can't load in the smartphone?

  • Anonymous
    June 26, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2015
    Gracias. Funciono a la perfeccion.
    Thanks you veeeery much
    it works

  • Anonymous
    July 20, 2015
    It still not work, i can't start base filtering engine service and windows firewall service. They say there is an error. Please help.

  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2015
    Worked like a charm. Thank you sooooo much!

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2015
    Absolutely brilliant. Had tried loads of other solutions and only this one worked. One point though - I've had all sorts of permissions issues when trying to create and alter "Everyone" so I did it in SAFE mode (F8 on start up) and it at last let me change the permissions. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2015
    Thanks

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2015
    This really work.. thank you so much..

  • Anonymous
    September 13, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    September 14, 2015
    Hi I did all of the above and it still comes up with the same message.. I tried doing it twice with great care. This was the final action I have tried after scanning and implementing other remedies from Norton or Microsoft forums..Am at a loss do you have any suggestions?