Hi Jo Ann, you have to give IE permission to access the internet trough the firewall Open Zone Alarm click on the Program Control tab Click on Programs> Internet Explorer click on the ? mark in the Trusted and Allow click on the ? mark in the Internet and Allow You will need to do this for any programs you wish to allow access to the= www. I hope this helps =3D IHTH Mike ~ one of the Moderators It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews http://www.mwn.ca/ ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 2/16/2005 at 7:00 PM Jo Ann Weaver wrote: I have just downloaded and started to use Zone Alarm Pro. Using the default settings, after a few minutes, it won't let me load any web pages. I changed the internet settings from high to medium, but it doesn't help. Just as soon as I close ZA, I can load pages. Jo Ann To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk