Technical. When I was using the free version of Outpost not long ago, also using XP Home with SP2, I could go to the security center and under the option of firewalls it would tell me that there wasn’t one detected BUT that sometimes there could be a third party FW running and WinXP security center just wouldn’t see it and tell you about it although it was there. When I changed over to the free version of Sygate FW the security center DID identify it and told me it was there. Now that I am using Zone Alarm Pro Wins security center does see it, and tells me that it’s there. I used to run with Outpost and the XP firewall at the same time without any problems. Just haven’t tried it yet with Z.A. although Bob says they work well together. :slight_smile: