At 12:02 AM 5/6/01 -0400, you wrote:
>thanks both Tom and Jeff......things seem to be working well here
>now......from what I hear, many people have had probs with ZA's new
>version......it seems to lock up everyone's computers when they try to run
>it for the first time......I seem to have fixed it by just disabling my
>virus protector while it installs.....I've now got it working fine in win98,
>win2K and in winXP.....lots of people are telling me it won't work with
>winXP but I've got it working :-)
>
>people are telling me they can't get Boot Magic to work with XP either and
>I've got that working too......problem is I don't know how or
>why.....LOL....except that I'm running XP as a dual boot with 98, so I just
>set up the boot sequence in 98
>
>anyway, setting up ZA to allow access from my other computers via adding
>them in the advanced security settings has stopped ZA from stopping them
>
>Tom.....you really don't have to put up with ZA's nag screens......there's a
>checkbox to disable the nags.....then you can just go in and view the log
>when you want to
>
>Jeff......I rarely get alerts on my machines from anything outside (this is
>becuz of my router I'm sure...like Tom said.....the router has a hardware
>firewall so not too much gets thru....plus I really believe my cable ISP
>must be doing something right, cuz I'm on a bunch of yahoo/topica lists
>where everybody keeps saying they are getting viruses and I don't seem to
>ever even see them , and I use OUTLOOK!!)....altho if I turn ZA off, I flunk
>the shields up tests.....the main reason I keep ZA on my machine is it's the
>only firewall I know of that also checks for things going OUT of my computer
>(I don't think BlackIce does this?)......so, if by some slim chance, I ever
>get a worm in one of my machines, ZA will tell me if it tries to access the
>internet.....I know this is true cuz I once did something really dumb and
>DID get a worm and ZA nailed it when it tried to send something out, even
>tho I had accidentally disabled my virus protector.....big phew!!
>
>so...if anybody out there has had probs trying to get the new version of ZA
>to work, just end task on it, uninstall it, reboot, turn off your virus
>protector and reinstall it, then turn the virus protector back on.....that
>seems to have done the trick for me......and, contrary to what many people
>are saying, ZA will indeed run on WinXP
>
>so......all's peaceful here again :-)
>
>Linda
>www.personal-computer-tutor.com
>author, MS Word Magic!
>list owner, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>Behalf Of Tom Phillips
>Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 11:16 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: PCWorks: zone alarm and LAN
>
>
>Hi Linda,
>
>Couple things come to mind here.
>Browse master may be trying to access the machine windows does this
>routinely.
>I don't think it matters if files are shared the machine is still part of a
>workgroup so windoze tries to keep track.One of your machines is appointed
>browse master and it may be the one that's trying the access. M$ doesn't
>make it easy to figure out which machine is the browse master. I'll provide
>the details if you are interested. It will be an NT or NT server machine it
>they exist in the workgroup.Otherwise there is a specific pecking order. It
>may be setting off ZA. I don't use ZA just got tired of all those Nags and
>popups. With your router and NAT you may not need ZA unless you are a belt
>and suspenders type lol.
>
>TCP/IP may just be renewing itself. I would need more info to do much more
>with this.
>Hope this helps.
>t0m
Linda! there is no appreciable difference between ZoneAlarm v. 2.1.44 and
2.6.88. If anyone would just update it then it should have no trouble
picking up your previous settings. When you delete the full version and
then install the current version is when one could have a problem. If you
have a cable modem or DSL and are on a network you should have the paid
version ZoneAlarm Pro 2.6. The current version includes a tutorial is all
that I can see that is different.
Barry Aronson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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