Juan I. Cahis <jiclbch@SINBASURAattglobal.net> wrote in message news:<t3n1i0pbnfv4l4hhc0k79a5m4imv66i3e5@4ax.com>. ..
> Dear friends:
>
> What should I do with SP2 firewall and Zone Alarm Pro?
>
> I have Zone Alarm Pro installed, and I don't know if it would conflict
> with the new SP2 firewall.
>
> Should I use both or disable one of them? And which one?
>
>
> Thanks
> Juan I. Cahis
> Santiago de Chile (South America)
> Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Juan,

In my humble opinion (I am not a computer professional or a Windows
expert) you should only use Zone Alarm Pro. A shortcoming of the XP
SP2 firewall seems to be that it does not shield port 139 and it
actually leaves port 445 open. ZA shields both. There might also be
other problems but for me this is reason enough. If you need to verify
this, visit the excellent site www.grc.com and use the "Shields-Up"
utility you can find there.

If I am wrong on this, and there is indeed a good reason why these two
ports remain unshielded under XP's firewall, I would welcome an
explanation.

As for using both, it is not recommended by Microsoft as Steve has
already suggested.

By the way, your English looks just fine to me :-)

Regards,

Longhorn