For those who dropped Zonealarm Free firewall because of connection probs, especially with WXP, the new freeware zonealarm works great:ZoneAlarm version:5.5.062.000I disabled the XP internal firewall in favor of this one and it is working great. As I understand it, ZA protects against outgoing as well as incoming problems.Sherm

Thanks for the heads up Sherm, d/loading now.