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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
I think I found the problem that was screwing up my SP2 install.
Remember, I reported getting a "stop" error most times when I rebooted? Well, I was browsing around and ran across this information on this Microsoft page: http://support.microsoft.com/default...t=windowsxpsp2 ZoneAlarm 4.5x Zone Labs 64-bit (NX) http://www.zonelabs.com This program does not install. If you try to install it, you receive an "8e" Stop error every time your computer starts. This is my version of ZoneAlarm -- specifically, version 4.5.538.001 -- and I do have an AMD Athlon 64 CPU, and the crash did come during my ZoneAlarm start up (or damn close to it), so this looks very like my problem. I lost the original thread, which is why I post this separately. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
Al Smith wrote:
I think I found the problem that was screwing up my SP2 install. Remember, I reported getting a "stop" error most times when I rebooted? Well, I was browsing around and ran across this information on this Microsoft page: Dude. XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! http://support.microsoft.com/default...t=windowsxpsp2 ZoneAlarm 4.5x Zone Labs 64-bit (NX) http://www.zonelabs.com This program does not install. If you try to install it, you receive an "8e" Stop error every time your computer starts. This is my version of ZoneAlarm -- specifically, version 4.5.538.001 -- and I do have an AMD Athlon 64 CPU, and the crash did come during my ZoneAlarm start up (or damn close to it), so this looks very like my problem. I lost the original thread, which is why I post this separately. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
John Bailo wrote:
Al Smith wrote: I think I found the problem that was screwing up my SP2 install. Remember, I reported getting a "stop" error most times when I rebooted? Well, I was browsing around and ran across this information on this Microsoft page: Dude. XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. Hope this explains the situation. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
Ron Martell wrote:
John Bailo wrote: Al Smith wrote: I think I found the problem that was screwing up my SP2 install. Remember, I reported getting a "stop" error most times when I rebooted? Well, I was browsing around and ran across this information on this Microsoft page: Dude. XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. Then how come every time I install a new program, XP asks me if I want to allow it to "access the Internet". Yes, you still need a virus protection, but you don't need a firewall. I recommend the Free Home Edition of AVG -- a very excellent virus scanner that can integrate with Outlook and Thunderbird. http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1 Hope this explains the situation. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
Dude.
XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! I'm used to it, and I like it. I've tried several other firewalls but don't like them as well. Microsoft's firewall I wouldn't trust. For one thing, it's only half a firewall. For another, it's by Microsoft. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
if you continue to rely solely on the windows firewall you will get burnt, it
offers very little "real" protection, do some research my friend before advising people "John Bailo" wrote: Ron Martell wrote: John Bailo wrote: Al Smith wrote: I think I found the problem that was screwing up my SP2 install. Remember, I reported getting a "stop" error most times when I rebooted? Well, I was browsing around and ran across this information on this Microsoft page: Dude. XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. Then how come every time I install a new program, XP asks me if I want to allow it to "access the Internet". Yes, you still need a virus protection, but you don't need a firewall. I recommend the Free Home Edition of AVG -- a very excellent virus scanner that can integrate with Outlook and Thunderbird. http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1 Hope this explains the situation. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
"steve" wrote in message
... if you continue to rely solely on the windows firewall you will get burnt, it offers very little "real" protection, do some research my friend before advising people Not at all. It's very good at doing what it does. What it DOESN'T do is stop outbound traffic. INBOUND, it's very good at. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
In article ,
John Bailo wrote: Dude. XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! Probably because on Windows, you want a firewall on *outgoing* connections, too, not just incoming connections. The XP firewall only deals with incoming connections. -- --Tim Smith |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
Ron Martell wrote:
John Bailo wrote: *plonk* |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:22:08 GMT, John Bailo
wrote: XP has it's own firewall. WHy are you running Zone Alarm?! Probably because he wants to use one of the real firewalls available that guards bi directionally and has more in depth control over different zones. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.]
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:49:10 GMT, John Bailo said: Ron Martell wrote: The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. Then how come every time I install a new program, XP asks me if I want to allow it to "access the Internet". you idiot that's not what it's doing. read. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...2_wfintro.mspx |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
Terry Fisher wrote:
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.] On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:49:10 GMT, John Bailo said: Ron Martell wrote: The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. Then how come every time I install a new program, XP asks me if I want to allow it to "access the Internet". you idiot that's not what it's doing. read. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...2_wfintro.mspx No, it does exactly what he asked. In the column of what it "does do" at the bottom it says: "Ask for your permission to block or unblock certain connection requests." The OP was claiming that only Zone Alarm blocked programs on his computer's side of the firewall from contacting servers on the Internet. This proves that the XP firewall can block both ways. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.]
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:32:55 GMT, John Bailo said: Terry Fisher wrote: ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.] On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:49:10 GMT, John Bailo said: Ron Martell wrote: The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. Then how come every time I install a new program, XP asks me if I want to allow it to "access the Internet". you idiot that's not what it's doing. read. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...2_wfintro.mspx No, it does exactly what he asked. In the column of what it "does do" at the bottom it says: "Ask for your permission to block or unblock certain connection requests." The OP was claiming that only Zone Alarm blocked programs on his computer's side of the firewall from contacting servers on the Internet. This proves that the XP firewall can block both ways. no it doesn't. it only associated it with AOL messenger because it knew what ports AOL uses. XP firewall does NOT block outbound connections and nothing you'll read anywhere says it does. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
Terry: YOU are correct. The WF does *not* block outbound traffic, as has
been discussed many times here. There is plenty of information searching the internet stating that fact. There is a lengthy manual available from MS. Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...t/default.mspx "Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes the Windows Firewall, a replacement for the feature previously known as the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). Windows Firewall is a stateful host firewall that drops all unsolicited incoming traffic that does not correspond to either traffic sent in response to a request of the computer (solicited traffic) or unsolicited traffic that has been specified as allowed (excepted traffic). This behavior of Windows Firewall provides a level of protection from malicious users and programs that use unsolicited incoming traffic to attack computers. With the exception of some Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages, Windows Firewall does not drop outgoing traffic" Tom "Terry Fisher" wrote in message ... | ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.] | On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:32:55 GMT, John Bailo said: | Terry Fisher wrote: | ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.] | On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:49:10 GMT, John Bailo said: | | Ron Martell wrote: | | The Windows XP firewall only protects against intrusions from the | Internet. It does not stop trojans, rogue applications, etc. from | accessing the Internet to "phone home" or whatever. | | Zone Alarm, and most other firewall products, give two way protection | against both incoming and outgoing unwanted traffic. | | Then how come every time I install a new program, XP asks me if I want | to allow it to "access the Internet". | | | you idiot that's not what it's doing. read. | | http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...2_wfintro.mspx | | No, it does exactly what he asked. | | In the column of what it "does do" at the bottom it says: | | "Ask for your permission to block or unblock certain connection requests." | | The OP was claiming that only Zone Alarm blocked programs on his | computer's side of the firewall from contacting servers on the Internet. | This proves that the XP firewall can block both ways. | | no it doesn't. it only associated it with AOL messenger because it knew | what ports AOL uses. XP firewall does NOT block outbound connections and | nothing you'll read anywhere says it does. |
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SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda
DWhitley wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:22:08 GMT, John Bailo wrote: *plonk* |
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