Re: XP's Firewall

From: Dan <spamyou@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:40:10 -0600

B.W. wrote:

Did the Firewall with XP improve with SP2?

Is it still not considered good enough to use? Would it be best to use a third party free programme?

Thanks You for any help.

B.W.

I like the Zone Alarm Firewall better than the XP Firewall.
.

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