Re: ZoneAlaram Locks up my computer

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Date: 11/13/02 

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:16:45 GMT

Neo...Really?
A fresh install of Win2k and SP3 is not a recommended practice?
Well that sucks.....leave it to windoz to make it's users jump through yet
more hoops.
But...yeah, if you know of a FAQ or WP that sheds some light on that...I'd
appreciate you posting the knowledge. Thanks in advance. 

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"NeoSadist" <neos@dist> wrote in message
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> "toddcscaratwork" <toddcscaratwork@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:944da760.0211131019.117a91b1@posting.google.com...
> > I am using Win2k SP2 and SP3 and ZoneAlarm.  Once in a while (once
> > every two weeks or sor) ZoneAlaram COMPLETELY locks up the computer.
> > It takes over 99% CPU and I can barely click on anything.  The only
> > way out is to power off the machine.
> >
> > Some CPU cycles are available but very few.  Enough cycles that after
> > 15 minutes of trying to get into the task manager I saw that a
> > zonealarm process taking all cpu (I think it was vmon or something
> > like that).  Anyway, has anyone had this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
> If you're sure it's ZA, then uninstall it and see if the same problem
> persists.  If it does, it's not ZA.  If it doesn't persist, but goes away,
> then it's ZA.
> By the way, if you're using win2k, what about service pack 1?  You're
> supposed to install them in this order: sp1, sp2, sp3, etc.
>
>

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