XP 2, Den 1

[den]

Once again XP at work defeats me. The design PC was connecting to the internet yesterday, and today it doesn't. It can see my PC, and I can see it. Both PCs can print off each other's printers. My PC can see the internet and the router. The other PC can't see either, or send email.

The settings are the same. Turning off the firewall doesn't help.

I checked the filtering on the router, which what caught me last time.

I bang my head on the keyboard.

Nothing helps except for the banging of the head.

Comments

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

ZoneAlarm! Dammit. It was installed but not run. I use ZoneAlarm at home and have never had a problem with it. It was installed but not running on the other PC, but not causing problems until yesterday. I've just uninstalled it and all the connections came back.

So now the only firewall I have on the office PCs is an Windows. What free firewall would you recommend, if not ZoneAlarm?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I used to use Sygate Personal Firewall, but it no longer exists.

These days, if I'm behind a router? I use Windows Firewall and be done with it. And I'm always behind a router.

I've heard good things about Zone Alarm from other people. I've just never seen them, ever. I don't like the product because it causes exactly this kind of problem, and has for most of the last decade.