Anthony Buckland wrote:

> "MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote in message
> news:ORVbQcU4IHA.3480@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>>I've installed it to 4 different XP versions ... Home, Pro, and
>>MediaCenter with no issue.
>>Perhaps a rebuild of the winsock stack would resolve the issue ?
>>
>>BTW, Mike Nash is now affiliated with a company that just came out with a
>>firewall. The free version is here:
>>http://www.tallemu.com/free-firewall...-software.html
>>
>>Knowing Mike, I ***highly*** doubt that any product he would be associated
>>with has as many issues as Zone Alarm has with updating Windows. ZA has
>>gone waaayyy downhill since Checkpoint acquired it.
>>
>>Just my 2¢
>>...
>
>
> My couple of hours of extra work dealing with this issue is
> that, if Microsoft is going to issue an update incompatible
> with a popularly used antivirus product already in use, they
> should detect and deal with the problem _before_ users
> start finding themselves in serious trouble.

You claim it's Microsoft's fault. I claim it's Checkpoint's fault.
Do other XP installations suffer the same issue or is it just one's with
ZA installed ?
I've installed the update on 2 more XP systems, both Home, neither with
a Norton nor Checkpoint product installed, and there has been zero
issues with connectivity. One was on a wireless network, one was not.

This is the latest in a long line of updating issues that are traced to
Zone Alarm. If you don't believe it, just take a trip to the Windows
Update NG or ask any of the other MVPs who frequent that NG if that
statement is correct or not -
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsce.updates

Now, whether those issues occur with beginners as opposed to advanced
Users of firewalls, that's another story.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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