By skyforbes 
Are you getting error message while trying to start the firewall:
Windows Firewall can’t change some of your settings Error code 0x80070424 in Windows xp, Vista, Windows 7, 8.
Causes of the above error:
This error massage is because of the “Windows firewall” & “Base Filtering Engine” and “BITS” services might not be in running stage or it may not be listed in services page, so you need to check is all these services are listed in services page and all three are in currently running stage or not. If is there is any error message comes while starting the service or you couldn’t find the service then follow the below steps to solve the error 0x80070424.
Resolution to fix it:
To fix this Windows Firewall Error Code 0×80070424, try to simply restart the Windows Modules Installer Service.
• WIN+R, services.msc [enter].
• Scroll down to the Windows Modules Installer Service.
• Make sure that the service is not set to Disabled. It should be set to Manual only.
• Start the service.
• Try running Windows Update again.
If the service is not installed or you are still getting an error then find another system having the same operating system, version and language same as your system.
• Log onto this second system with administrative credentials.
• WIN+R, regedit [enter].
• Browse the registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TrustedInstaller.
• Right-click the subkey then click on Export and save the file as trustedinstaller.reg.
• Copy this file to the problem computer.
• Double-click the reg file on the problem computer and click Yes to merge the file with the registry.
• Reboot.
• Try running Windows Update again.
If this still the issue not get resolved then, you can restore the binary file.
• After this, on the second system, browse to the c:\windows\servicing directory.
• Copy TrustedInstaller.exe to the problem computer’s desktop.
• On the problem computer, move the TrustedInstaller.exe file to the c:\windows\servicing directory. If that errors, make sure you have Full Control rights to the folder. At an administrative cmd prompt, you can use these two commands.
takeown /f c:\windows\servicing icacls c:\windows\servicing /grant administrators:F
• After replacing the binary file on the problem computer then make reboot to the system.
• Try running Windows Update again.
In this way, you can repair Windows Firewall Error Code 0×80070424. But if you don’t want to follow such long procedure then you can also fix this error using third part tool Reimage Repair Tool which is one of the best repair tools that can repair any kind of windows errors that occurs in Windows. This tool can also solve any kind of, blue screen errors, DLL errors, and windows repair and virus damage.