Solved Can't turn on Firewall (W8.1 Pro x64)

Kratos Aurion

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Hello. First of all I apologize if I put this on the wrong section.

This problem hit my laptop recently, he shows a warning from the Action Center saying "turn on Firewall" but everytime I click the warning an error message pops up saying "Action Center cannot turn on Windows Firewall.". When I try to do it manually no error message appears, it just does nothing.

Tried using Malwarebytes, found 9 threats and deleted them but didn't solve the problem. Tried "sfc /scannow" as administrator, and it found corrupt files but couldn't fix all of them. Then I went to the services, by clicking win + r and typing services.msc, and noticed that the Firewall service wasn't running. Tried starting it, but an error message popped up saying "Windows could not start windows firewall on local computer...specific service error 13". Tried rebooting after all this, but the problem still persists.

I never used any antivirus or malwaye/spyware software, always stuck to Windows Defender which may have been my mistake. Can anyone please help me? I really don't want to reinstall Windows :(

Thank you for your time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS N53Jq-SX145V
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 740QM, 1.73GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT 425M VRAM 1GB

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
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