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Posted by B.W. on August 28, 2006, 3:31 am
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Final follow up, I got an answer from ZA forum and apparently you can't use
ZA Free with ICS which I gather is Internet Computer Sharing.
Thanks
> I'm sorry to have posted to the wrong newsgroup, I didn't realise there
> was a Firewall group until I had sent my original message, I will go there
> in future.
>
> I was not expecting an answer to my specific problem here as I have been
> sending messages to the ZA forum but unfortunately not getting any
> replies.
> What I was really trying ascertain now, is there so much difference in the
> specific installation instructions given out by ZA forum from the normal
> installation of the programme I followed, by just doing a normal
> installation would that have caused my problem, if so I have to try and
> uninstall and reinstall.
>
> Thanks you for your help I will now read your information sent here and
> try and determine what my next step should be. Thank You.
>
> B.W.
>
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>> del xxx wrote:
>>
>>> When I installed Zone Alarm I did it just the normal way following its
>>> prompts. Afterwards I found the installation instructions on Zone
>>> Alarms website and realised there was much more to it than that.
>>>
>>> Because I am having a problem with Zone Alarm not allowing my Ethernet
>>> linked laptop to Trusted I thought it might be best to uninstall then
>>> reinstall ZA Free using the specific install instructions. Do I need
>>> to do
>>> this or should just persevere and continue to try and found out the
>>> solution to my laptop problem.
>>
>> I don't know since you haven't told me the details of the problem, what
>> operating system you are running, and why you have posted this in a
>> newsgroup for help with viruses.
>>
>> Generally, make sure you don't have two firewalls running. If you have
>> XP Service Pack 2, then make sure the Windows Firewall is off if you
>> are using ZA. Also make sure that any "Internet Worm Protection"
>> functions in your antivirus are disabled. Norton AV has that function
>> in recent versions.
>>
>> If you are sure you only have ZA installed and none of the other
>> firewalls I've mentioned, then see the first paragraph in the
>> boilerplate below. Since I don't know what networking problems you are
>> having, including any error messages, here is my normal "network
>> problems" boilerplate:
>>
>> This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the
>> Network Setup Wizard on both computers, making sure to enable File &
>> Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
>> on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
>> firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
>> Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
>> third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
>> Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
>> IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
>> substitute your correct subnet.
>>
>> If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:
>>
>> a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
>> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
>> accounts/passwords on all computers.
>>
>> b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
>> Simple File Sharing enabled.
>>
>> Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
>> that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
>> resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
>> matters in your situation.
>>
>> Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
>> home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
>> folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
>> Shared Documents folder.
>>
>> If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
>> troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
>> and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
>> http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
>>
>> After going through that, if you still need help then please go to this
>> link to see what details you need to include in your next post:
>>
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> If you really think this is ZA-related, here are the ZA user forums:
>> http://forums.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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