K7S5A Pro & USB modem problem fixed

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Just thought i'd post a follow up to my problem - originally within the
thread 'K7S5A PRo USB problems' dated 14/5/04.

My pc was crashing with a BSOD more often than not just after boot-up and i
was getting rather fed up trying various fixes and getting nowhere..

To cut a long story short, the problem turned out to be my software
firewall - Agnitum's Outpost Pro.
I suspected Outpost Pro once i'd established that the pc was crashing in the
process of getting a new IP at boot-up.

An hour browsing Google for 'outpost firewall BSOD' showed a number of
others with a similar problem.

I replaced Outpost Pro with Zone Alarm and not a single BSOD yet!

Martin.

:-)

Running XP Pro with a Duron 1.3 and 2 x 256MB PC133 RAM.

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Thanks for the suggestion.

I lost the ADSL connection repeatedly earlier and nothing but a reboot would
get it going again - something that never happened with Outpost.
If it happens again i may consider an alternative to Zone Alarm.

Martin.



"Kylesb" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:2h45u1F8gei8U1@uni-berlin.de...
> Another option is Kerio's personal firewall, it's free for home use.
> This firewall program is superior, imho, to zonealarm, b/c it's much
> more configurable. Kerio PF is based on the old "tiny personal
> firewall" free program.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kyle
> "Martin" <zedolf@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:2h3ntnF8rs40U1@uni-berlin.de...
> | Just thought i'd post a follow up to my problem - originally within
> the
> | thread 'K7S5A PRo USB problems' dated 14/5/04.
> |
> | My pc was crashing with a BSOD more often than not just after
> boot-up and i
> | was getting rather fed up trying various fixes and getting nowhere..
> |
> | To cut a long story short, the problem turned out to be my software
> | firewall - Agnitum's Outpost Pro.
> | I suspected Outpost Pro once i'd established that the pc was
> crashing in the
> | process of getting a new IP at boot-up.
> |
> | An hour browsing Google for 'outpost firewall BSOD' showed a number
> of
> | others with a similar problem.
> |
> | I replaced Outpost Pro with Zone Alarm and not a single BSOD yet!
> |
> | Martin.
> |
> | :-)
> |
> | Running XP Pro with a Duron 1.3 and 2 x 256MB PC133 RAM.
> |
> |
> |
> |
>