Microsoft KB Archive/269676

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Security Utility (or Firewall) Settings After Installing Service Pack 1

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ID: Q269676

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SUMMARY
If you use ZoneAlarm (an Internet security or &quot;firewall&quot; utility) to protect your computer and you install Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you must set the ZoneAlarm security level to Medium to maintain Internet connectivity.

This problem has occurred with ZoneAlarm 2.1.25, but may also occur with other versions.

MORE INFORMATION
Zone Alarm now has a patch for Windows 2000 SP1 available at the following Web site:

"http://www.zonelabs.com/download_patch.htm" This patch makes it possible to use ZoneAlarm 2.1 on the High Internet Security setting on Windows 2000 Service pack 1.

For more information about the ZoneAlarm utility please contact ZoneLabs:

"http://www.zonelabs.com/" The third-party contact information included in this article is provided to help you find the technical support you need. This contact information is subject to change without notice. Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbenv

Version : WINDOWS:2000

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Issue type : kbinfo

Technology : kbwin2kAdvSer kbwin2kAdvSerSearch kbwin2kS kbwin2kSSearch kbwin2kSearch kbwin2kProSearch kbwin2kPro