I have my Security Zone  Alarm set on High and always have had.  Why would it 
suddenly change  now.  I know when I called the phone company that morning, 
they said some  thing about MS updates, but I wasn't paying attention to what 
they said.   But I shouldn't have to down grade my Firewall from High to Medium 
when it's  been working fine  for a very long time.  The only time these  
downloads didn't work was this one time.  Harriet
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I use Windows XP Pro, SP3, and the free version  of ZoneAlarm.  I 
have not noticed any obvious change in the ZA  settings, but within the 
last 24 hours or so, I suddenly found that most  outbound Internet 
connectins would not work -- and downgrading security of  the "Internet 
Zone" in ZA from "High" to "Medium" restored my  access.

It hadn't occurred to me to relate this to recent  Microsoft updates, but 
there have been some and I've installed them, and I  can't think of any 
other recent change that might be relevant.

Davd  Gillett

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<<<<<<<  On 10 Jul 2008 at 4:46, [log in to unmask] wrote:

_Update for Windows  XP  (KB951978)_  
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(javascript:parent.fnExpandDetails(8)) _Windows Malicious  Software Removal  
Tool - July 2008 (KB890830)_  (javascript:parent.fnExpandDetails(8);) 
_Security Update  for  Windows XP  (KB951748)_ 
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 I have a  Dell Dimension 8400 using Win. XP  Home.... and I also have been 
using Zone Alarm  free firewall, and  Avast free Anti-virus.  While ago, 
Windows 
informed me I  had  some updates to download (the above).  I did that, but  
when  
I tried to get online, I couldn't get on.  I looked in  my firewall and  
things had been changed about in there, and I  don't know what is supposed to 
be  
checked and which is not. So I  changed it back, it still didn't work, so I  
called the phone  company and they told me to disengage my firewall .... I 
did   and 
it worked.  So something in the firewall prevented me from  getting  online. 
I 
had every thing checked so it could do that,  but it has to be Win  downloads 
and not my  firewall.

So, I did  a system restore to remove the  downloads which now works.  Does 
any one  know what Microsoft  did in those three downloads to make those  
downloads not  work.  And why does  my Firewall get  different settings when 
I  never 
touch it.  Is there a better firewall  or at least one  that is easier to 
work 
with than Zone Alarm which is   free.

What I  also want to know if how can I get past  those three updates and make 
it work  with my firewall?    Harriet>>>>>>>




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