Dennis, I have it and JFW works fine with it. I elected to use my Norton Firewall instead of XP's, as it is still more comprehensive. But, the XP firewall is easily configurable now, as compared to the original. The pop-up blocker is in Internet Explorer or Internet Options, on the privacy page. If you are using a firewall, you'll find that after you install SP2, you'll get dialoged again on programs you've already permitted. This is because Microsoft wants to make sure every user knows which programs are accessing the internet, so it starts from a clean slate. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx