We've discovered tonight from a member that their Norton Personal Firewall software has been causing the forum to behave screwy.
I just installed Norton...is it me you're talking about (paranoid Patti).... ?!?
Actually, this is the first time in 3 weeks I've not been having problems.
MB...uh...as far as the firewall you mentioned...uh, is free good...like, don'tcha kinda get what you pay for (no disrespect to our MBenefactor), but does anyone know what I mean?? ?!?
BTW...for anyone purchasing XP..when I bought the above mentioned Norton firewall, their book mentions that :
"Windows XP includes a
firewall (italics theirs, not mine) that can interfere with Norton Personal Firewall protection features. You must disable the Windows XP firewall before installing Norton Personal Firewall".
(natch...mine WASN'T highlighted/clicked off to firewall).
So, even if you're getting the two different firewalls mentioned AND you're running XP...see if you can get info about XP's firewall interfering.
Patti
PS...my daughter had been on 'puter earlier...when I just went back on (had been online the whole time), I saw an exclamation mark on firewall icon, I clicked it and it told me a computer w/trojan horse...whatever, so I'm very glad I got it