Hello Peter, I wrote: > I'll install the latest version of ZA, 3.7.159, in W2K SP3 and report > back on whether it's possible to somehow disable it.
ZA 3.7.159 can be disabled via the following procedure: 1. Log on as an administrator. 2. Disable the ZoneAlarm.exe interface program via that same program: Overview -> Preferences (tab) -> uncheck "Load ZoneAlarm at startup", click on "Yes" on the dialog box that follows. This removes the ZA icon from the All Users Startup folder. 3. Right-click on the ZA icon in the system tray and select "Shutdown ZoneAlarm". Click "Yes" on the dialog box that follows. This stops the "TrueVector Internet Monitor" service (vsmon.exe) and leaves its startup type set to "Manual". Optionally, one could now change the startup type to "Disabled". 4. Use Regedit to disable the VSDATANT driver by changing the filename of the driver: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vsdatant Change the ImagePath value to: ...System32\vsdatant.xxx 5. Reboot to unload the VSDATANT driver. After I rebooted, network access was normal and there was no trace of ZA code loaded anywhere in memory. This procedure is _not_ the same as what I'd used with ZA 2.6.88, in mid-2001 under NT 4.0 and W2K. That ZA version could be disabled at the command line. The current version *cannot* be disabled that way due to the way VSDATANT is loaded -- as a driver, not a service. To put ZA back into service, perform the steps in reverse order: a. Rename the VSDATANT driver in the registry to the correct file name. b. If the "TrueVector Internet Monitor" service startup type was set to "Disabled", reset it to "Manual". c. Start ZA via the icon in the Start menu. d. Reconfigure ZA to load at startup via the ZA interface program. You wrote: > All sorts of TCP/IP problems occurred until True Vector was > restarted Could you be a bit more specific? Do you still have problems after following steps 1-5 above? regards, Andy [Using The Bat! 1.62r under Windows 2000 Pro SP3 on a "made from scratch" P4-2.4 GHz/512 MB RAM] ________________________________________________________ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
