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Martin · Guest

Just thought i'd post a follow up to my problem - originally within the
thread 'K7S5A PRo USB problems' dated 14/5/04.

My pc was crashing with a BSOD more often than not just after boot-up and i
was getting rather fed up trying various fixes and getting nowhere..

To cut a long story short, the problem turned out to be my software
firewall - Agnitum's Outpost Pro.
I suspected Outpost Pro once i'd established that the pc was crashing in the
process of getting a new IP at boot-up.

An hour browsing Google for 'outpost firewall BSOD' showed a number of
others with a similar problem.

I replaced Outpost Pro with Zone Alarm and not a single BSOD yet!

Martin.

:-)

Running XP Pro with a Duron 1.3 and 2 x 256MB PC133 RAM.

Kylesb · Guest

Another option is Kerio's personal firewall, it's free for home use.
This firewall program is superior, imho, to zonealarm, b/c it's much
more configurable. Kerio PF is based on the old "tiny personal
firewall" free program.

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Best regards,
Kyle
"Martin" <zedolf@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Just thought i'd post a follow up to my problem - originally within
the
| thread 'K7S5A PRo USB problems' dated 14/5/04.
|
| My pc was crashing with a BSOD more often than not just after
boot-up and i
| was getting rather fed up trying various fixes and getting nowhere..
|
| To cut a long story short, the problem turned out to be my software
| firewall - Agnitum's Outpost Pro.
| I suspected Outpost Pro once i'd established that the pc was
crashing in the
| process of getting a new IP at boot-up.
|
| An hour browsing Google for 'outpost firewall BSOD' showed a number
of
| others with a similar problem.
|
| I replaced Outpost Pro with Zone Alarm and not a single BSOD yet!
|
| Martin.
|
| :-)
|
| Running XP Pro with a Duron 1.3 and 2 x 256MB PC133 RAM.
|
|
|
|

Martin · Guest

Thanks for the suggestion.

I lost the ADSL connection repeatedly earlier and nothing but a reboot would
get it going again - something that never happened with Outpost.
If it happens again i may consider an alternative to Zone Alarm.

Martin.

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