Re: KB951748

The firewall built in Widows XP is a poor excuse for a firewall. It only
works in one direction.
I understand the Vista firewall is much better.
Jack Mac

"Susan Bradley" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Because if you use the native built in firewall there's no issues.

Every month I can point to tons of issues when third party firewall
programs are used.

Maybe they just don't have consumer grade testers and focus on the core
native stuff of the OS.

The average user really should not use Zone Alarm.



Macc_eye wrote:
Hi IT Lite again

Thanks. I also have just uninstalled KB951748 following your advice and
everything is back to normal. I do have the warning shield to warn me not
to download this update again. Shame I reinstalled Zone Alarm as I now
have to reset all my programs for access.

A few weeks back I got caught with the windows defender rogue update.
What has happened to Microsoft QC and their testing of updates. How does
the average user recover from this one if they lose internet access? How
do they download the fix when MS find one?
I wonder if MS appreciate the severity of the problem they have created.
Thank goodness this forum exists so a thankyou to MS for setting this up.

time for a malt whisky methinks to calm the nerves.

many thanks Tony aka Macc_Eye
DON'T PANIC !!

"Macc_eye" wrote:

Hi IT Lite

Same problem here. Are you running Zone Alarm. If so turn it off and you
can access the internet with all updates installed.

in the meantime we await microsoft to fix the problem.

regards
Tony (Macc_Eye)

"IT Lite" wrote:

I got notified of 3 updates by MS; KB951748, KB951978, and the MRT
monthly. I faithfully downloaded and installed all 3. After reboot, I
could not get back onto the Web. Since KB951748, KB951978 are both IE
security updates, I uninstalled them both, re-booted and was graciously
let back on the Web. Of course MS wanted me to intall them, so sent
another gold shield to let me know. Instead of re-installing both, I
first re-installed KB951978, re-booted, and still got back on the Web,
but when I re-installed KB951748, again, neither my FireFox 3 or IE 7
could browse, so uninstalled KB951748.

Do anyone think MS will fix that "fix" to actually allow use of IE? Or
what settings must I fiddle with to make my sytems work with the
KB951748?

The same thing happened identically on 2 XP Pro SP3 systems, and I
followed the same install - uninstall procedure of the security
updates. They both work withOUT the KB951748 uninstalled.

Thanks,
John




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