John,

Yes you're right.  In fact, I have visited some other discussion forums,
went to chat rooms and a WinXP newsgroup to learn the same information that
you just expressed.  A lot seems to be biased over the subject but knowing
ZA's reputation, the majority believes that the M$'s FW component is a 'half
baked/half cooked' item that M$'s threw in as a 'freebie' for XP.  (It's a
good gesture for the M$'s geeks though.;-)

As in the case below, you and Dean Kiley have both the same idea.  From
Dean, I had the customer tried using one of the FWs for a week and then the
other the following week. After that, he then decided for himself which one
suited him best.  Most of my customers' question is, "How in the world will
I know if the M$'s FW is working or not?"  Unfortunately, I don't work for
Uncle Bill and I didn't have the straight answer as there is no
interactive/visual codes with the M$ as the ZA does.  Currently, 99% of my
customers disabled their WinXP FW and switched to ZA.

Thank you for your time, John!

Emie DelRosario





----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Firewall: XP vs ZA


> Ernie,
>
> Having both Zone Alarm and XP firewalls activated is overkill and might be
> causing the problems. Zone Alarm is superior to the XP firewall. I suggest
> deactivating the XP firewall. (Of course a router with the hardware
> firewall solution is the best.)
>
> John D.

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