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Computer freezes withh Norton Firewall
Name: John P. Date: November 29, 2001 at 19:41:24 Pacific
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After installing Norton Personal Firewall, my computer freezes on startup. I must reboot then it works okay. I have to do this everytime I initially start the computer up. When I uninstall the Firewall the computer works fine. I am running Windows ME, with all the latest updates loaded. It is a Athlon 1.2 GHZ, with 512 MB of memory and 40GB hard Drive.I have cable Modem through a USB port connection. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!
Name: viking Date: November 29, 2001 at 20:07:03 Pacific
Reply:
It begs the question what version of norton firewall do you have?
Viking
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Response Number 2
Name: John P. Date: November 29, 2001 at 20:40:12 Pacific
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Version 2.5
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Response Number 3
Name: redpepper Date: November 29, 2001 at 22:32:10 Pacific
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start>>run>>msconfig..startup menu tab , remove check mark against nortonfirewall , restart hope now u dont have any problem.
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Response Number 4
Name: Donald Atkins Date: November 30, 2001 at 00:49:13 Pacific
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Hi! JohnP! I myself JohnP use Zone Alarm for firewall.It runs so well with Windows ME.It is free to download from the internet.--Just something to think about--------Donald
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Response Number 5
Name: Chip Date: November 30, 2001 at 07:15:17 Pacific
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Norton Personal Firewall works pretty well once you learn its kinks (though I agree, it is hard to beat free software). I would do as Redpepper suggests, remove Norton from the autostartup list in msconfig. Then, create a shortcut in your startup folder in the start menu that looks more or less like this:
"D:\Program\Norton Personal Firewall\IAMAPP.exe" /load
By removing it from msconfig, you ensure that Windows ME can startup without any interference. Then, once this is complete, Windows starts anything that is in the startup folder.
Hope this helps.
Chip
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Response Number 6
Name: Trev Date: November 30, 2001 at 08:05:39 Pacific
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I use Norton products but I prefer Tiny Personal Firewall, like Donald.
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