[Ham-Computers] Which Firewall?

Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:24:01 -0500

I, too, am using ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0, Norton SystemWorks 2002,  and Windows XP
Pro on each computer of my network (6).  In addition, I have NAT in the
digital router.  Not one single problem.  My experience has been, when you
delete a program, DO NOT delete the system drivers!  Windows uninstaller
will notify you of these when it comes to them.  All you do is click on "No
To All", then reboot when finished.  Simple!  If you don't follow the
foregoing, the result will be as you have described.  I have uninstalled the
older versions of ZoneAlarm Pro without any problems to reinstall the newer
versions.
I've found that most problems are operator error.

Elden

----- Original Message -----
From: "JV" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:32 AM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Which Firewall?

>          I am using Zone Alarm on four computers here and have not had the
> first problem. Does the problem only occur when the program is removed?
> Operating systems are three using 98se and one (laptop) with ME.
> JV
>
> At 02:09 AM 12-07-02 +0000, you wrote:
> > > Based on My experience, stay away from Zone Alarm. While functional,
it
> > > destroys your system if you try to uninstall it.
> >
> >I can vouch for that.  A couple years back I installed it on my machine
AND
> >a friends machine (isn't that what friends are for 8^) and it trashed
both
> >of them.  I tried to remove it as I was very unhappy with it and ended up
> >having to format both mine and his drives and start a complete re-load
from
> >scratch.  That was what prompted me to buy "Drive Copy" and install a 2nd
> >hdd on my computer for complete backup.  That has saved my butt more than
> >once.  (As Duane says, I like to tinker).
> >
> >73 de Phil  KO6BB
>
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