Re: How can I make sure I use Zonealarm not Microsoft firewall

telicalbook wrote:
> My Compaq Presario M2010 laptop never ran Zonealarm properly since I
> bought it about seven months ago. I run Zonealarm on my desktop for no
> problem, but for
> some reason, on the laptop, the Microsoft firewall seems to not allow
> it to start up.
>
> Can someone tell me the steps that can insure me that Zonealarm will
> take over
> the process and not Microsoft? It may be I'm using a newer
> installation of XP
> or something I do not know about.
>
> I feel that the XP firewall is not operating properly as the laptop
> tends to
> get sluggish with multitasking, and I have no indication of what is
> actually
> being blocked, and so on.

  What version of Zone Alarm are you using? I know the latest update
caused my own laptop (running XP-Home) to get sluggish because it was
loading and stopping ZoneAlarm on an endless loop.

  Make sure your ZoneAlarm installation is installed correctly before
you turn off the Windows Firewall... or unplug yourself from the world.

  Disabling is easy... Right click on your net connection, click the
ADVANCED tab, and then UNCHECK the box for Internet Connection Firewall.
Received on Mon Nov 21 02:36:31 2005