Steve wrote:
I am running ZA 4.5.594.000 as the reviews that I have read on the latest
version are unfavorable. I have been using ZA for about 3 years.
I am also behind a hardware firewall, so ZA is mainly for monitoring
programs (or adware/spyware/trojans) that are trying to phone home (which
has helped me in the past). From what I have read the WinXP SP2 firewall
does NOT have this capability.
Following instructions from my PC manufacturer (Dell):
Turn Windows Firewall Off
http://support.dell.com/support/topi...=gen&cs=#step1
and
How Do I Prevent Microsoft® Security Center® from Giving Me Warnings When it
Doesn't Recognize My Firewall Software?
http://support.dell.com/support/topi...&l=en&s=gen&cs
I have done the following:
Control Panel - Security Center - Firewall - OffandControl Panel -
Security Center - Firewall Recommendations - I have a firewall solution
that I'll monitor myself
NOW THE PROBLEM
The Security Center is NOT remembering this setting and ever time that I
start my PC:
Hi
If upgrading to ZoneAlarm Pro 5.1.011.000 as Donald McDaniel
recommended is not an option, try this:
Control Panel/Security Center, click on the "Change the Way Security
Center Notifies Me" link in the left pane.
If this setting is reset at each reboot, do the following:
Someone in another newsgroup thread indicated that a Symantec service
was the cause for this behavior on his computer (I can't remember in
what newsgroup though).
To "solve" this problem, disable the Security Center service:
Start/Run -- services.msc
Find "Security Center" in the list, double click on it, set
"Startup type" to Disabled.
There is also a Group Policy setting available to disable the
Security Center (Start/Run-- gpedit.msc).
Take a look at the chapter for the Security Center in
06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC
What settings are added or changed in Windows XP Service Pack 2?
Group Policy settings (page 26 for me)
06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC ("Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP
Service Pack 2, Part 6: Computer Maintenance") can be downloaded from he
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
Note: WinXPSP2_Documentation.zip contains all the .doc downloads...
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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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