Hi Christy, I use Courier email program and I had to give it permision to access the= internet. From; http://www.protectedcomputer.com/settingupafirewall.htm After you download Zone Alarm, find the file on your hard drive and= double-click it to start its installation. We recommend accepting the= default storage location. Click next. Enter your name and email address= and click next. Read the license agreement (really), then click yes to= start the installation. After installation, you should run Zone Alarm so you can finish the= installation configuration (depending on which version you are running you= may be taken to the configuration screen automatically). In the configuration screen you should go to the Review Alert Settings= window and click the Alert Me Whenever ZoneAlarm Blacks Traffic button.= Under this setting, the firewall will let you know whenever an outside= entity attempts to connect to your computer without your permission or in= a way that looks like a hacker. You might want to change this setting= later, but using it in the early days of zone Alarm use will let you see= what is really happening. At the Zone Alarm Secure Programs window, ZoneAlarm offers to automatically= configure your web browser, e-mail clients and other common programs to= work with the firewall. We recommend clicking yes to these choices. Next you will be provided with a Zone Alarm tutorial. This is a good= general overview of Zone Alarm=92s functionality and is well worth the= read. If you need to make some changes to Zone Alarm later, you can open the Zone= Alarm window by double clicking its icon in the system tray. You can= navigate to each section of Zone Alarm by clicking the tabs at the top of= the program window. ++ There is more on the web site. Mike ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 2/16/2005 at 7:44 PM cristy wrote: Maybe I need to do this somehow for my cable connection or my OE on the one= computer. christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Zone Alarm question > 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=3D > www. > > I hope this helps IHTH > > Mike ~ one of the Moderators > It is a good day if I learned something new. > Editor MikesWhatsNews http://www.mwn.ca/ 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