thanks. but now i have no firewall. you think the windows firewall will do me good?

sygate seems to be a good firewall im using that, i dont get any problems with it.

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

hmmm

I use Outpost with no problem...

Anyway what happens with just the XP firewall active?
It covers incoming traffic; just not outbound.

It would be interesting to see if any wall will work or if the problem is elsewhere.

Here is also further info on the last error:

0x000000D1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

DJDK, the firewall you gave me blocks everything. i cant even get on the internet. how do i set it to work? i am on aol.


and thanks for the information jephree

open the program so you see the arrows by the clock, you should be asked somthing like, do you wish to allow xxxxxxxxxxxx program access the internet, click yes if u kno wot it is

"program name" (programname.exe) is trying to connect to www.website.com (123.456.789.012) using port 80 (HTTP - World Wide Web). Do you want to allow this program to acess the network?


clcik yes if you know what it is.

mine doesnt come up when i try to get on the internet, it does with other programs but not AOL dialler. can i like manually add the programs to the firewall?

there should be a full list of aplications when you click the applications tab.