David Pool
December 6th 03, 03:31 PM
Hmmm, okay, just yesterday there was a reply from someone
who helped me almost immediately. Sorry to have forgotten
his name. I guess the replies are "wiped" once the
recipient has read them.
In any case...I've clicked on the boxes to let Zone Alarm
know the requests cited below are okay...but now it keeps
advising me that my firewall "has blocked Internet access
to xxx.xxx.x.x [DNS] from your computer. Program: Generic
Host Process for Win32 Services."
Unfortunately, this is just an advisory. There's no
action in this window that I can make. Do I need to "get
under the hood" of Zone Alarm and go reset something?
Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>I have just upgraded from Windows98 to WindowsXP Home
>Edition. Since my internet service is via a cable modem,
>my computer has Zone Alarm installed on it. Up to this
>point, Zone Alarm was very clear on what programs should
>have access to the internet, etc. Since the upgrade, I
am
>getting a couple of new ZA queries on boot up:
>
>Do you want Generic Host Process for Win32 Services to
>access the Internet?
>Do you want Generic Host Process for Win32 Services to
act
>as a server?
>Do you want Messenger to access the Internet?
>Do you want Messenger to act as a server?
>
>I'm inclined to assume that these are all valid requests
>of WindowsXP and that I should let Zone Alarm know it can
>stop asking...but I thought I'd check with you folks to
be
>sure.
>
>Regards,
>Dave Pool
>.
>
who helped me almost immediately. Sorry to have forgotten
his name. I guess the replies are "wiped" once the
recipient has read them.
In any case...I've clicked on the boxes to let Zone Alarm
know the requests cited below are okay...but now it keeps
advising me that my firewall "has blocked Internet access
to xxx.xxx.x.x [DNS] from your computer. Program: Generic
Host Process for Win32 Services."
Unfortunately, this is just an advisory. There's no
action in this window that I can make. Do I need to "get
under the hood" of Zone Alarm and go reset something?
Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>I have just upgraded from Windows98 to WindowsXP Home
>Edition. Since my internet service is via a cable modem,
>my computer has Zone Alarm installed on it. Up to this
>point, Zone Alarm was very clear on what programs should
>have access to the internet, etc. Since the upgrade, I
am
>getting a couple of new ZA queries on boot up:
>
>Do you want Generic Host Process for Win32 Services to
>access the Internet?
>Do you want Generic Host Process for Win32 Services to
act
>as a server?
>Do you want Messenger to access the Internet?
>Do you want Messenger to act as a server?
>
>I'm inclined to assume that these are all valid requests
>of WindowsXP and that I should let Zone Alarm know it can
>stop asking...but I thought I'd check with you folks to
be
>sure.
>
>Regards,
>Dave Pool
>.
>