From: Franklin on
>> Am running on XP Pro rather than your Win2k.
>>
>> I haven't noticed the cpu at all. Maybe once there are a lot
>> of rules or the rules get complicated (through fine tuning the
>> Advanced settings for each rule) then more power might be
>> needed. I haven't noticed that yet.
>>
>> Personally I found Zone Alarm used more cpu than I wanted,
>> Sygate was lighter than ZA on cpu but (for the time being)
>> Filesclab seems lighter still.
>>


On Sat 17 Sep 2005 22:58:41, Kerodo wrote:
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>
> Sounds like you're having better luck than I. That's good.
> Filseclab is a nice product with good potential for sure. I am
> keeping an eye on it as it develops.
>
> Another one you might like, which seems very light and
> interesting is SensiveGuard. I am experimenting with it now and
> like it. Seems to have potential and they are responsive to
> emails on problems and so on.
>
> http://www.sensiveguard.com/


Those screenshots of SensiveGuard really do look very promising.
They look like providing the level of control which I want from a
firewall.

Hmmm, I'm tempted to try out SensiveGuard.

But I don't want to keep unstalling & unistalling firewalls. I
remember the amount of stuff which early version of Zone Alarm
left behind after being uninstalled. I recall that these hard to
remove remenants of Zone Alarm could interfere with other
firewalls.

I know this might sound very strange: have you tried installing
both Filesclab and SensiveGuard on the SAME system and then
enabling one or the other according to your preference?
From: Kerodo on
In article <96D976E2EA6EB71F3M4(a)204.153.244.156>, no_thanks(a)mail.com
says...

> I know this might sound very strange: have you tried installing
> both Filesclab and SensiveGuard on the SAME system and then
> enabling one or the other according to your preference?
>

Although this sounds tempting, it is generally considered unwise. Most
likely it will cause conflicts when the OS loads drivers and so on. I
did try it once with Kerio 2 and Outpost and got BSODs, even though I
had Kerio disabled completely. So just the presence of another firewall
can cause problems, even when disabled.

I'd stick to one or the other myself. I know some claim to have ZA
unistall problems, but I have never had any personally. But there is
some risk always.

It's a good idea to have a good image or backup of your HD before
changing things. Last time I reformatted and reinstalled Win2k here, I
did an immediate image of the HD after install. Servers me well. I can
try new software and screw things up and then it just takes 10 minutes
to restore to a clean system again. Very handy.

--
Kerodo