Any problems with Zone Alarm and racing online??

Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here had any problems of this nature? Thanks ABE

Caused screeb stutter in N4 for me so I switched to Sygate Personal Firewall and no longer have any problems. Don "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]...

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> Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here > had any problems of this nature? > > Thanks > > ABE > >

No problems with it here..............I always leave it running while racing. Dave Trager http://www.dt-racing.com http://www.dt-racing.com/dtdigitals "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]...

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> Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here > had any problems of this nature? > > Thanks > > ABE > >

I know ZA screws GPL up pretty good; it's not a big deal, you just disable ZA to run GPL. Milhouse "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]...

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> Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here > had any problems of this nature? > > Thanks > > ABE > >

Abe, The comment I've heard the most often is not being able to host online races. But like Milhouse sez, you just disable it for the nonce (which is what I have to do with SyGate). You might also try Tiny Software (free) and PC-Cillin ($). --Steve "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]...

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> Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here > had any problems of this nature? > > Thanks > > ABE > >

It produced aweful warp for me and so did all the others to varying degrees, the only one I found that I can leave on is Norton and I quite often get attacked while racing so I'd never switch it off. -- __________ Steve Levett "Don Schwartz Jr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HvmB8.13335$[email hidden]... > Caused screeb stutter in N4 for me so I switched to Sygate Personal Firewall > and no longer have any problems. > Don > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here > > had any problems of this nature? > > > > Thanks > > > > ABE > > > > > >

Don, do you recall which version of ZA you were using? Thanks ABE "Don Schwartz Jr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HvmB8.13335$[email hidden]... > Caused screeb stutter in N4 for me so I switched to Sygate PersonalFirewall > and no longer have any problems. > Don > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause mesome > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download sitefor > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyonehere

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Dave, which version of ZA are you using? Thanks ABE "Dave Trager" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ab4tbr$2krf$[email hidden]...

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> No problems with it here..............I always leave it running while > racing. > > > Dave Trager > http://www.dt-racing.com > http://www.dt-racing.com/dtdigitals > > > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me

some > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download sitefor > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyonehere

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> > had any problems of this nature? > > > > Thanks > > > > ABE > > > > > >

Milhouse, which version of ZA are you using? Thanks ABE "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aPmB8.33059$[email hidden]...

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> I know ZA screws GPL up pretty good; it's not a big deal, you just disable > ZA to run GPL. > > Milhouse > > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me

some > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download sitefor > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyonehere

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> > had any problems of this nature? > > > > Thanks > > > > ABE > > > > > >

Not really, it's been quite a while since I switched. They both have free versions ( I use the free version of Sygate) so you can try them on your system and see which you prefer. Don "ABE" <ABE@HOTMAIL> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Don, do you recall which version of ZA you were using? > > Thanks > ABE > "Don Schwartz Jr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:HvmB8.13335$[email hidden]... > > Caused screeb stutter in N4 for me so I switched to Sygate Personal > Firewall > > and no longer have any problems. > > Don > > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me > some > > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site > for > > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had

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> > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone > here > > > had any problems of this nature? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ABE > > > > > > > > > > > >

I'm using 2.6.362 with no problems at all leaving it running. -- Scott B. Husted ICQ# 4395450 http://www.Husted.cc "ABE" <ABE@HOTMAIL> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Dave, which version of ZA are you using? > > Thanks > > ABE > > "Dave Trager" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ab4tbr$2krf$[email hidden]... > > No problems with it here..............I always leave it running while > > racing. > > > > > > Dave Trager > > http://www.dt-racing.com > > http://www.dt-racing.com/dtdigitals > > > > > > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me > some > > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site > for > > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone > here > > > had any problems of this nature? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ABE > > > > > > > > > > > >

I am using the latest free version and I have to shut it off to run GPL online. If I don't, GPL hangs. I also play an online game called Dark Age of Camelot, and it has random freezes if I leave ZA running.

"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FECB8.20820$[email hidden]... > I am using the latest free version and I have to shut it off to run GPL > online. If I don't, GPL hangs. It's not really hanging, but the little window ZA tries to put up for internet Access aproval doesn't make it with GPL. The PRO version of ZA fixes this, in that you can assign programs in advance so they don't have to wait for the game to be launched to get internet approval. > > I also play an online game called Dark Age of Camelot, and it has random > freezes if I leave ZA running. My son has DAC as well, we've been using Tiny Firewall, now called Kerio Personal Firewall with no problems that I'm aware of.... dave henrie > >

> > I am using the latest free version and I have to shut it off to run GPL > > online. If I don't, GPL hangs. > It's not really hanging, but the little window ZA tries to put up for > internet Access aproval doesn't make it with GPL. The PRO version of ZA > fixes this, in that you can assign programs in advance so they don't haveto > wait for the game to be launched to get internet approval. I've tried GPL in a window, still hangs. I've made sure GPL.EXE (and VROC.EXE) have full permissions in ZA. Nothing helped. So I gave up on it; I don't really care if it's running either.

I haven't used ZA in a while, heh. I think it did get patched out, but the program disappointed me for other reasons too. I've got a hardware firewall anyway. Milhouse "ABE" <ABE@HOTMAIL> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Milhouse, which version of ZA are you using? > > Thanks > > ABE > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:aPmB8.33059$[email hidden]... > > I know ZA screws GPL up pretty good; it's not a big deal, you just

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> > ZA to run GPL. > > > > Milhouse > > > > "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]... > > > Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me > some > > > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site > for > > > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had

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> > > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone > here > > > had any problems of this nature? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ABE > > > > > > > > > > > >

Save yourself LOADS of headaches on any game (some have managed to get it to work by a freak of luck, and mostly on dedicated server games where they never host) and use Keiro's firewall: http://www.tinysoftware.com (Tiny Personal Firewall). Works in much the same way ZA does... only better It is free for the FULL version (not the half-baked version like ZA), actually behaves the way you expect it to (again, another thing ZA is infamous for NOT doing), and ZA got raped at security testing, yet Tiny's passed with flying colors. Skip ZA, go get Tiny... you'd have to go through what a lot of heart-ache like the ex-ZA users have to understand why.... so just trust me on this. I cringe at the sound of the name Zone Alarm <eek> that is how much I dislike it. Cheers, Schumi "abe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ab4qst$fdjpa$[email hidden]...

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> Thinking about installing Zone Alarm, but concerned it might cause me some > problems when I try to log on to online racing. At the download site for > zone alarm, most comments are positive, but a few said they had problems > with email and surfing the net after installing the program. Anyone here > had any problems of this nature? > > Thanks > > ABE > >

Schumi wrote:

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> > Save yourself LOADS of headaches on any game (some have managed to get it to > work by a freak of luck, and mostly on dedicated server games where they > never host) and use Keiro's firewall: http://www.tinysoftware.com (Tiny > Personal Firewall). Works in much the same way ZA does... only better > > It is free for the FULL version (not the half-baked version like ZA), > actually behaves the way you expect it to (again, another thing ZA is > infamous for NOT doing), and ZA got raped at security testing, yet Tiny's > passed with flying colors. > > Skip ZA, go get Tiny... you'd have to go through what a lot of heart-ache > like the ex-ZA users have to understand why.... so just trust me on this. I > cringe at the sound of the name Zone Alarm <eek> that is how much I dislike > it.

Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now ? Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

Goy, I am kind of new here. Schumi just about sold me on Tiny's PF with his passion for the product and dislike of ZA, then comes your question. What exactly do you mean by "Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now ?". I need to know if this is something I should be concerned about before I install the program. I have cable/network setup, and do race online, but do not host. Please post your response here. Thanks ABE wrote: (uncle) Goy

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> > Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now ? > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" > --Groucho Marx--

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> > Goy, I am kind of new here. Schumi just about sold me on Tiny's PF with his > passion for the product and dislike of ZA, then comes your question. What > exactly do you mean by "Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now ?". > I need to know if this is something I should be concerned about before I > install the program. I have cable/network setup, and do race online, but do > not host. Please post your response here.

I use one computer to give the rest of the computers on my LAN access to the internet through "Internet Connection Sharing" in Win 2000, my ISP only gives me one IP address, ZA supports this feature without any problems, at the time when I set this LAN up, Tiny (Keiro) didn't, so although every person I know and trust does indeed consider Tiny to be the better product, I can't use it If Internet Connection Sharing is not something you use, then you need not concern yourself over this, get Tiny :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

Thanks ABE "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > ABE wrote: > > > > Goy, I am kind of new here. Schumi just about sold me on Tiny's PF withhis > > passion for the product and dislike of ZA, then comes your question.What > > exactly do you mean by "Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now?". > > I need to know if this is something I should be concerned about before I > > install the program. I have cable/network setup, and do race online,but do

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> > not host. Please post your response here. > > I use one computer to give the rest of the computers on my LAN access to > the internet through "Internet Connection Sharing" in Win 2000, my ISP > only gives me one IP address, ZA supports this feature without any > problems, at the time when I set this LAN up, Tiny (Keiro) didn't, so > although every person I know and trust does indeed consider Tiny to be > the better product, I can't use it > > If Internet Connection Sharing is not something you use, then you need > not concern yourself over this, get Tiny :-) > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" > --Groucho Marx--

"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ZRCB8.20825$[email hidden]... > I've tried GPL in a window, still hangs. I've made sure GPL.EXE (and > VROC.EXE) have full permissions in ZA. Nothing helped. So I gave up on it;I > don't really care if it's running either. yeah, it's not that, I had it too. It almost always froze when using escape to enter the pits. I changed to Kerio (former Tiny) and it works like a charm. Joakim

"Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now ? I think they claim to, but i got a lot of error messages when trying to run it on my ICS "gateway" PC. So I still use ZA on that, but Kerio on the other. Joakim

Joakim Lauridsen wrote:

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> > "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Do they support Internet Connection Sharing now ? > > I think they claim to, but i got a lot of error messages when trying to run > it on my ICS "gateway" PC. So I still use ZA on that, but Kerio on the > other.

Okay, thx, I'll stick with ZA for a little while longer then Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

In article <abar4s$gg6eu$[email hidden]>, "Joakim Lauridsen" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:ZRCB8.20825$[email hidden]... >> I've tried GPL in a window, still hangs. I've made sure GPL.EXE (and >> VROC.EXE) have full permissions in ZA. Nothing helped. So I gave up on it; >I >> don't really care if it's running either. > >yeah, it's not that, I had it too. It almost always froze when using escape >to enter the pits. I changed to Kerio (former Tiny) and it works like a >charm.

I had the same problems with GPL and ZA(free version). It would lockup even when practicing OFFLINE... :( Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett A friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser walk-a-thon for research to cure breast cancer. If you can, please go to my homepage and see how to make a donation. Thank you. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: > I had the same problems with GPL and ZA(free version). It would > lockup even when practicing OFFLINE... :( Never, ever happened to me. Interesting how different all the experiences can be.

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>[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: > >> I had the same problems with GPL and ZA(free version). It would >> lockup even when practicing OFFLINE... :( > >Never, ever happened to me. > >Interesting how different all the experiences can be.

Yep - too many different combinations of hardware and installed software. I was able(after jumping through a few flaming hoops) to get my TSW2mod wheel to work in F1 2001, but others can't. ZA caused problems for me in both GPL and N2k2, but it works fine for you. Too bad we can't standardize so everyone can run all the software easily... :( Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett A friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser walk-a-thon for research to cure breast cancer. If you can, please go to my homepage and see how to make a donation. Thank you. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

EldredP wrote:

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> > In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > (449903) writes: > > >[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: > > > >> I had the same problems with GPL and ZA(free version). It would > >> lockup even when practicing OFFLINE... :( > > > >Never, ever happened to me. > > > >Interesting how different all the experiences can be. > > Yep - too many different combinations of hardware and installed software. I > was able(after jumping through a few flaming hoops) to get my TSW2mod wheel to > work in F1 2001, but others can't. ZA caused problems for me in both GPL and > N2k2, but it works fine for you. Too bad we can't standardize so everyone can > run all the software easily... :(

Expect to hear a loud cheer from the Mac stand after that comment :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

Goy Larsen wrote:

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> >>EldredP wrote: >>Yep - too many different combinations of hardware and installed software. I >>was able(after jumping through a few flaming hoops) to get my TSW2mod wheel to >>work in F1 2001, but others can't. ZA caused problems for me in both GPL and >>N2k2, but it works fine for you. Too bad we can't standardize so everyone can >>run all the software easily... :( > > > Expect to hear a loud cheer from the Mac stand after that comment :-)

As well as supporters of the Linux Standards Base. -- Fester Hey nobody's perfect, not even myself 8) -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> 4/15/02