ZoneAlarm forgetting its config?

[SeedOfChaos]

My hands still hurts from banging on my keyboard due to ZA frustrations....

This POS forgets its configuration, detects both NIC's as "new networks" although I didn't disconnect anything (one's to the modem, the other to my hub, both are always on), didn't change ANYTHING AT ALL.

Of course, it also forgot all the program privileges so basically none of the server software was working right, and none of the local clients could access the web or anything. It basically shut down my entire network connections.

This isn't the first time, and the only way to get internet access back to the clients that I've found so far is uninstalling ZA.

Anyone else had this problem? If so, PLEASE, for the love of my computer, tell me how to fix it. I'm about to destroy something...

Or better yet... is there any other decent software firewall out there that'll allow me to do basically the same thing that ZA is supposed to do? Like not tamper with local networks at all and blocking programs that do not have permission?

Cheers,
Ronald

[Norm]

ZA has issues that's for sure. I haven't a clue how to make it work right and retain it's settings Seed, sorry.

I would recommend Sygate as I know others here use it and love it, but I've had trouble with it as well. The problem with Sygate seems to be the logging. I assume when the log file reaches the precribed max size, it freezes smc.exe (the main Sygate file that starts at boot). Not positive, cause I just remove headache software, but possibly disabling logging would fix it. Also I used scandisk after a Sygate freezeup, and it found the log file in the sygate folder was damaged.

Try Tiny, or cough Norton's firewall.

I don't use one anymore. I have a router that blocks incoming, but I install a software firewall once in a while when I suspect there is an app accessing the net.

Good luck, I think they all cause problems sooner or later.

Some freebies http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/free-firewall.asp

[blebs]

Find the C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs folder and delete everything in it. You'll have to reconfigure everything again on the next start up of ZA. You sir, have a corrupted internet logs folder. It's happened to me a couple of times too. ;)

[Duzmor]

Sygate Pro - Great Firewall !!!!


Duz !!

[SeedOfChaos]

Thanks for the replies guys, you rock :)

One thing though Ross, what if I don't have that folder at all? My Windows dir is c:\winnt since I have Win2k, and it doesn't contain an Internet Logs folder.

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Cheers,
Ronald