Both Microsoft and Zone Labs will tell you that having 2 firewalls is confusing and you should pick one only. I imagine that each company will tell you why you should pick theirs.... I would advise that you disable the XP firewall, even the one in Service Pack 2, and go with ZA. In my opinion it is by far the superior of the two. That's what I have done. Michael -----Original Message----- From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of srs Hello All, I just installed zone alarm (free version) do i need to disable firewall in xp? Thanx Stephen R Stanfield PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>