[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> While double checking an exponent using version 19.2, Prime bombed with the
> message: "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
> down".
Apparently Prime95 doesn't do "full standard" Windows TCP/IP stuff with all the
neccessary error-checking, and this is the result of Prime95 trying to connect to
the server in some encironments. Most notably, when the ZoneAlarm 2 free personal
firewall (From http://www.zonelabs.com) is operating, Prime95 will fail with this
spectacular show. The solution is to click on the ZoneAlarm status bar and go to
the program settings, manually allowing Prime95 to contact Internet. You need to
do this again every time you install new version of Prime95. (I think the latest
version will require you to allow programs to act as a server just to receive the
DNS lookup replies, but this is obiviously essentially a bug, so I hope it'll go
away in next version). I imagine other firewalls and even dial-on-demand systems
might cause similiar effects.
-Donwulff
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