Re: ZA3 and MSN Messenger
From: Brian Davis (bdavis34@NOSPAMcarolina.rr.com)Date: 07/23/02
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From: "Brian Davis" <bdavis34@NOSPAMcarolina.rr.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:06:30 GMT
> In order to test it, I set the time for 1 minute, and waited a
> minute ... not touching a thing. Nothing happened. I tried several
> settings within ZA, and it didn't change the result.
I did likewise with the same result. However, having been setting my status
manually since this issue has arisen, I occasionally forget to switch to
away when I leave. When I return, sometimes hours later, Messenger still
hasn't switched to away.
> came back, MSN Manager was set to Away mode. So, there may be something
> in ZA that is causing MSN to use its default timer setting regardless of
> what you set it to. Certainly, I have set it to *not* tell me when new
> mail arrives, yet I still get the popup window and sound when it does.
> I never considered this behaviour related to ZA, but it could be that ZA
> is blocking some traffic back to the server that allows MSN to transmit
> user settings ... though, I should think that all of these commands
> discussed here would be client side anyway.
I also considered that often Microsoft software (as well as some third party
software) will use Windows files to carry out some of their tasks. For
example, I once decided to disable Task Scheduler and found that Norton
System Check would not run as scheduled with Windows Task Scheduler
disabled. However, I checked my programs list for anything I may have
blocked from accessing the internet. Ironically, the only thing that I
haven't approved is ZApro!!
I don't recall ZApro ever asking permission to access. Every other
program my system has done so.
I also noticed that Privacy is set to "On" for Windows Explorer as well
as Internet Explorer. I don't recall how I may have done this.
Could any of these settings be causing the problem?
"mhicaoidh" <mhic_aoidh@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Y84%8.97977$Wt3.85228@rwcrnsc53...
> Taking a moment to reflect, Brian Davis then wrote:
> |
> | On my system, ZoneAlarm Pro 3 is not allowing MSN Messenger to
> | automatically switch to "Away" mode as per my settings. I have
> | checked and re-checked my settings and all appears as it should. As
> | it is now, the only way Messenger switches to away automatically is
> | to disable ZApro 3. Any ideas?
>
> Dunno, there. I am running ZAPlus, and MSN goes into Away for me.
> Though, I've noticed that it takes longer than what I have the timer set
> for. In order to test it, I set the time for 1 minute, and waited a
> minute ... not touching a thing. Nothing happened. I tried several
> settings within ZA, and it didn't change the result. I then turned off
> the monitor, and watched the tele for about 20 minutes or so ... when I
> came back, MSN Msngr was set to Away mode. So, there may be something
> in ZA that is causing MSN to use its default timer setting regardless of
> what you set it to. Certainly, I have set it to *not* tell me when new
> mail arrives, yet I still get the popup window and sound when it does.
> I never considered this behaviour related to ZA, but it could be that ZA
> is blocking some traffic back to the server that allows MSN to transmit
> user settings ... though, I should think that all of these commands
> discussed here would be client side anyway.
>
>
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