I've been using the firewall from Computer Associates EZ firewall. I've had nothing but trouble with it. My internet connection will sometimes not let my browser connect but will let other programs update themselves. To fix I just turn off the firewall and turn it back on and everything is fine. I got tired of doing that, and after talking to customer support and doing various things to fix the problem I switched to the free version of Zone Alarm for my firewall. The problem is there again. I think the 2 firewalls are the same because they look and opperate the same. My question is this, I have had my XP firewall turned on. I turned it off just now and wondered if this is a good idea or not? I'm running ZA alone which should be fine, right? Could the XP firewall have been causing the problem? Thanks