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[RichardCranium]

Excellent RC, I was having loads of problems with my laptop last night, but the Vista desktop was fine.

Nice job Richy C. That was the problem

Extremely glad to have been of help.

Just wondering though, if as administrator said I actually need ZA. The router I've got from SKY (Netgear DG834GT) has a built in Firewall, so I'll play around with th router and may not switch ZA back on at all.

Tis often said a hardware firewall is better than a software firewall, and two firewalls is unnecessary.

Aside: Do you people never sleep??

Sleep? Nah. I might miss something.

[Diver]

Maybe. Out of interest whats the Vista equivalent of XP Pro?

Vista ultimate 64 bit

There's a 32 bit ultimate as well

[Badger]

Time to upgrade Shirley

Maybe. Out of interest whats the Vista equivalent of XP Pro?

[Badger]

This version has a built in Firewall. I have used netgear routers for years and can confirm you do not need to run individual software firewalls on individual PCs if you are using this as your method of connection. I know belt and braces is sometimes a good approach but not with firewalls. I used to use Zone Alarm when first had ADSL at home with a USB modem connected to one PC and hated using it then. Horrible piece of software IMO - like most "internet safety" software it relies on people's ignorance and paranoia to stay in business. Rant over.

There's a significant performance improvement when I switch ZA off. I've downloaded the ZA fix but will remove it from my startup and see what happens!

[Diver]

Update: ZoneAlarm has been fixed, Linky

loss of internet access for ZoneAlarm users on Windows XP/2000. Windows Vista users are not affected.

Time to upgrade Shirley

[Badger]

Update: ZoneAlarm has been fixed, Linky

[administrator]

Nice job Richy C. That was the problem

Just wondering though, if as administrator said I actually need ZA. The router I've got from SKY (Netgear DG834GT) has a built in Firewall, so I'll play around with th router and may not switch ZA back on at all.

Aside: Do you people never sleep??

This version has a built in Firewall. I have used netgear routers for years and can confirm you do not need to run individual software firewalls on individual PCs if you are using this as your method of connection. I know belt and braces is sometimes a good approach but not with firewalls. I used to use Zone Alarm when first had ADSL at home with a USB modem connected to one PC and hated using it then. Horrible piece of software IMO - like most "internet safety" software it relies on people's ignorance and paranoia to stay in business. Rant over.

[blacjac]

Looks like ZoneAlarm has stopped working scine the last round of windows updates.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7499260.stm

[Badger]

Good point, well made.

BTW thanks for the help Diver.

[Diver]

Nice job Richy C. That was the problem

Just wondering though, if as administrator said I actually need ZA. The router I've got from SKY (Netgear DG834GT) has a built in Firewall, so I'll play around with th router and may not switch ZA back on at all.

Aside: Do you people never sleep??

Only during working hours

[Badger]

Nice job Richy C. That was the problem

Just wondering though, if as administrator said I actually need ZA. The router I've got from SKY (Netgear DG834GT) has a built in Firewall, so I'll play around with th router and may not switch ZA back on at all.

Aside: Do you people never sleep??

[Diver]

Hmm! never crossed my mind that Microshaft might screw everyone up

[FiveTimes]

Does this help: Windows update leads to web black-out

I noticed this story in the newspaper I was shoving down my coat to keep me warm here in the gutter:

"Hundreds of thousands of people who use the ZoneAlarm firewall to protect their PC have been locked out of the internet by Microsoft's latest round of software updates. Microsoft released four high-priority fixes as part of its regular Patch Tuesday update, one of which left ZoneAlarm users without web access."

"Zonelabs posted this advice: "Sudden loss of internet access: Microsoft Update KB951748 is known to cause loss of internet access for ZoneAlarm users. We recommend that users uninstall KB951748 using "Add or Remove Programs" until the issue is resolved.""

Excellent RC, I was having loads of problems with my laptop last night, but the Vista desktop was fine.

Looks like a job for this evening along with training, PVa'ing walls etc..

[Sockpuppet]

Yeah I was about to say the above. The latest internet security patch was released on the 8th so if you have auto updates then that is the error.

[Cliphead]

Does this help: Windows update leads to web black-out

I noticed this story in the newspaper I was shoving down my coat to keep me warm here in the gutter:

"Hundreds of thousands of people who use the ZoneAlarm firewall to protect their PC have been locked out of the internet by Microsoft's latest round of software updates. Microsoft released four high-priority fixes as part of its regular Patch Tuesday update, one of which left ZoneAlarm users without web access."

"Zonelabs posted this advice: "Sudden loss of internet access: Microsoft Update KB951748 is known to cause loss of internet access for ZoneAlarm users. We recommend that users uninstall KB951748 using "Add or Remove Programs" until the issue is resolved.""

Yep, happened to me. Took me a while to figure it out as the Linux boxes were all connecting but Windoze wasn't.