Re: ZoneAlarm doesn't work with XP

From: Selina (Selina_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:35:02 -0800

Hello Bob

You were right - I haven't had trained the ZA correctly. I did this by now.
I will follow your hints as well. Thanks a lot for your detailed answer!

"Bob Harris" wrote:

> I have ZA version 5.5.062.004 working well with XP (SP2).
>
> As for accessing the internet, by default ZA (and most other firewalls)
> block everthing from going out. You need to "train" ZA to let selected
> programs have access. Usually, ZA will popup a message about program so&so
> is trying to access the internet, and offers yes, no, yes always, and no
> always as options. If the program is IE6, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, etc,
> the answer should be yes always. Other programs you need to decide on a
> case by case basis.
>
> If you accidentally say no always, then you must manually fix that from
> within the ZA program control section.
>
> A few "tricks" I have found:
>
> 1. If you have Norton products, add these to the list of trusted websites
> in ZA:
> www.symantec.com and liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
>
>
>
> 2. "Microsoft help and support center" should ahve green check marks under
> "access".
>
>
>
> Finally, with ZA working, you probably want to turn off the XP firewall,
> since at best it is redundant.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Selina" <Selina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DF45E038-CB85-4AE6-8D5D-51F974342D6F@microsoft.com...
> >I have successfully installed ZoneAlarm on my XP platform. But now I
> >cannot
> > access the Internet anymore. I have to shut down ZoneAlarm ... which is
> > not
> > really what I was aming for .... ;-|
> > Can anybody help me?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
>
>
>

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