Hi Scott Thanks for the info. I need to ask another question. Now that I've said no to these host files - and seems that we do need some them as you've indicated - how do I get Zone Alarm to allow them to load again? All I get now - with regard to these host thingys - is a message telling me that they have been blocked. Eric At 07:39 a.m. 31/03/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Hi Eric, > >Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 1:40:38 AM, you wrote: > >EF> Thanks for your input. I didn't know that reporting info about ports was >EF> important. I'm getting a host of Zone Alarm pop-ups. To most of them I >EF> click the no button in the hope that if I did so I would be notified again >EF> if it was important. Is there no where on the WWW where one could look up >EF> these messages and what the implications of responding yes or no would be? >EF> I'll try and make notes of messages in future (depends on the urgency of >EF> what I am doing on-screen at the time they make their appearances). > >Right now, on my system, I have 4 SVCHOSTs running. At least one of >them is for RPC, and if I terminate it (after finding it by trial and >error), Windows restarts after a 60-second delay. > >--Scott. Eric Furman The USA Times Web Edition has been launched and is being promoted through MLM affiliates. You could make thousands! But time is running out, so hurry! Go to <http://www.theusatimes.com/index.php?id=118692>http://www.theusatimes.com/index.php?id=118692 Visit my website at http://www.brenald.com Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.