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XP Firewall
Name: seablues4u Date: March 24, 2006 at 04:55:12 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 Product: Dell XPS
Comment:
I'm using the free ZA firewall and have the windows firewall unchecked in ZA. I have SP2. I'd like to turn Xp firewall back on but every time I go to network connections settings and cliclk properties and turn the firewall on it stays on but when i turn my pc off or rebbot the XP firewall disables itself. How can I make it stay enabled.. Thank you for any help. I'm also using Norton anti-virus 2006.
Name: Lupin3rd Date: March 24, 2006 at 04:59:12 Pacific
Reply:
I would guess that you would have to remove ZoneAlarm. You should never run more than one firewall on a system. Unless one is on a router the other on the comp. If you remove za then it should stay on also how have you got your security center set up?.
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Response Number 2
Name: seablues4u Date: March 24, 2006 at 05:22:14 Pacific
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Thanks for reply. I'm not sure what happen i have had ZA for a long time now and before xp firewall stayed on it was just recently this happen.
seablues4u
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Response Number 3
Name: foreveranuj Date: March 24, 2006 at 05:31:46 Pacific
Reply:
Which is more effective - ZA or native WinXP Firewall?
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Response Number 4
Name: seablues4u Date: March 24, 2006 at 05:55:32 Pacific
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I'm sure ZA is more effective. I just thought having both on would be more so.
seablues4u
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Response Number 5
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: March 24, 2006 at 07:32:44 Pacific
Name: Dick Johnson Date: March 24, 2006 at 10:14:05 Pacific
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XP Firewall is only a one way firewall. ZA protects both incoming and outgoing.
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Response Number 7
Name: XpUser Date: March 24, 2006 at 10:37:39 Pacific
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Yes XP Firewall is one-way unless you uses Windows OneCare. Windows OneCare firewall protects both incoming and outgoing.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 8
Name: terii Date: March 24, 2006 at 10:38:46 Pacific
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You can run more than one firewall at the same time. I am currently (and have for some time now)running ZA and the SP2 firewall together. They do not fight with each other and my system runs sweet. Go to the Security Centre, click on Windows Firewall at the bottom of the page and turn it on. It should stay on.
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Response Number 9
Name: ham30 Date: March 24, 2006 at 10:57:16 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, you can run more than one firewall, but why? They both do the same thing and it's just wasting resources.
But note Dick Johnson's post #6. That's pretty important.
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