Can't post to forum when ZoneAlarm is running

Hmm, ZoneAlarm is stopping you posting and it's the forums fault...

DavidM.Kean at 2007-9-8 >

So is this a MS forum bug, maybe, but if your software does not work for clients then you do need to be aware of it, and either support or advise them of the issues, otherwise you still look bad.

So I use ZA, and I cannot post. Why is that? First guess Passport. It often gets stuffed, but for once it doesn't appear to be that. What next, no idea. When I do think of ZA, and I search for it in these forums it doesn't even turn up this thread! So I'd rather MS fixed the ZA issue, or perhaps had a FAQ entry about it since the search doesn't work very well.

DarrenSQLIS at 2007-9-8 >

Joe,

Why do we have to elevate our trust for MS when we do not for other forums? Rhetorical question, but your use of passport is the main reason, cross domains etc.

As for Search, I'm sorry but it is it is pathetic. As a logged on user performing an advanced search it is limited to *my* posts only unless I supply "Users". So I cannot do advanced searches unless I know the user who posted the response. It strikes me that if I knew the user I would probably be able to have found the post without a search. If you haven't posted much you just think the search is so %^&*($￡ as to not return any results. I only noticed after I had posted for a while and saw *only* my results come up in the advanced search.

Google has great feature to limit a search by site. That is what I suggest people use for these forums.

Google Groups is vey good....

DarrenSQLIS at 2007-9-8 >

You say you have had no responses from anyone experiencing trouble posting when running Zone Alarm. I have been struggling all day trying to reply to people who have responded to my posts and found that my posts just did not go through or appear in my list of threads. After seeing this post I switched off Zone Alarm and switched on Windows firewall instead, now I can post!!!!

This is a pain as Zone Labs run the most pathetic help pages I have ever come across. You could write to them and tell them your hair turned purple after installing their product and you would get the same stock email telling you to uninstall and reinstall....

Steadyonabix at 2007-9-8 >

I have been tinkering with my Zone alarm settings and now seem to have some success posting, not %100 sure as this has been an intermittent problem. The settings changed where: -

Firewall - added forums.microsoft.com to the trusted sites.

Privacy - All off

ID Protection - added forums.microsoft.com

Internet Zone security - set to high from medium ?

What seemed to finally make the difference was turning on the privacy adviser. This as to see if it popped up to advise me it had blocked something but it doesn't. However after changing this I seem to be able to post at will.

Hope this helps

Steadyonabix at 2007-9-8 >