Win XP SP2 & Firewalls

Nov 22, 2004 4 Replies
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Hello



Since I have installed my new WinXP system I have some problems in setting up a firewall. I have inactivated the Windows-own firewall, restarted the system and installed Kerio Personal Firewall 4. After restart, the computer restarts itself shortly after showing the progress bar of WinXP-start and asks if I want to start in safe mode. I thought there is a problem with the Kerio firewall and so deinstalled it (safe mode). Then I installed Tiny Personal Firewall 2. Same problem, I had to uninstall it (safe mode). After the uninstallation, the computer runs without any problems.



Does anyone know about that problem?



Thanks for your answers



Michael



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Assuming you are able to boot to safe mode without this problem ocurring, it's likely you have some application running as a service that conflicts with the firewall kernel of the 3rd party firewalls. You may want to go into msconfig and consider disabling any start-up items that don't appear to be necessary to the OS. Then, try reinstalling Kerio and see if the problem is still there. What programs are scheduled to run at start-up?

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In message , Michael J. Edelmann writes

No, I haven't had that problem.

FWIW:

I was using version KPF 2, which I have long trusted.

But I found on a laptop that it seems to obstruct hibernate, which is a killer for my laptop use.

So now I have to consider trying KPF4 or something else :-(

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With Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.16 it works, with 4.1.2 it doesn't work. That's all.

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In message , Michael J. Edelmann writes

Thanks. I am now trying 4.1.2 and so far hibernate is working for me.

Time will tell

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