Firewall help please

singledaddy

At the moment my dad is having to run his computer in safe mode with networking.
During this his mcafee firewall is disabled. is there a firewall that will work in this mode.
many thanks in advance

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a router acts as a firewall if he has one, what's the underlying problem?

singledaddy

thanks for reply.
i made a mistake, its not 'safe mode with networking' that he is using, it is 'directory services restore mode' that he is having to run the computer in.
for some reason it wont connect to the internet in any other mode.
however, in 'directory services restore mode' it connects with no probs.
does anyone have any idea why this might be???
many thanks for any help

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work machine? what operating system and what's the history. Are you saying it boots up in normal mode, but won't connect to the net - any proxies setup in IE?

singledaddy

got it sorted. it was mcafee firewall settings

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it would probably run better without mcafee

singledaddy

you're spot on mate. i've kicked off mcafee and am now running windows firewall. the computer is like new.
have put in for a refund from mcafee as i only had it a week (and they have a 30day money back thingy)

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you still need some sort of antivirus, try avast it's free