Donna, I don't want to worry you, but unless I am very much mistaken, the Windows firewall does not monitor outgoing traffic. This could be important if, for example, you managed to get a piece of Adware/Spyware on your system which tries to send information out without your knowledge. Douglas On 17 Jan 2006 at 11:03, Donna Waring wrote: > Douglas, I use the Windows firewall and have had no probs so far. > > Donna > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq