Help me please

[Amano]

Hi I have a lan set up I installed Zone Alarm Pro and now I'm not able to play IPX games I've tried alot of things and nothing is working I can see if another player sets up a game but they cant see when I set up a game also when I go to join the game it usually freezes before I installed Zone Alarm I could play over IPX now I cant. I'm running Windows XP home same with the other pcs some one help please!

 

[Rockn]

Disable the firewall during game play or allow that protocol to go thru the firewall.

 

[Amano]

I've already tried that now tcp games dont work either Zone Alarm has done something to my pc I have uninstalled it and it is still not working please some one help.

 

[Rockn]

Every game that uses TCP uses a different port number to create a connection in which to run the game on. Look in your documentation and it will tell you exactly which port numbers to open to allow game play. Another thing to do would be to look in the firewall log and find which port is being blocked.

 

[Amano]

Why do I have to do all of this now? Before I could play any game I want Zone Alarm screwed me up badly

 

[Rockn]

Well geeze....what do you think a firewall does?? IT BLOCKS ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER. If you don't wnat the bother and hassle just uninstall it and leave your PC wide openn to the internet. Whatever works for you.

 

[Amano]

Yeah I have uninstalled it but the IPX and TCP still dont work

 

[Rockn]

You have altered something else then if it still doesn't work. Have you uninstalled it or jsut hidden it in the system tray?

 

[Amano]

Its been fully uninstalleed and it still doesnt work I havent altered anything what can I do now?

 

[Rockn]

Remove all of your network services and add them again.

 

[Amano]

Yep tried that twice now still not working I'm VERY close to re installing my whole pc someone help!

 

[Rockn]

Read this thread and see if it helps....

http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/3369.html

 

[Amano]

Nope that didnt help I reinstalled windows or the windows files and it still aint working.

 

[Rockn]

Did you reinstall Windows from a formatted and clen drive or did you just install over the old copy? I think both would be a lttle extreme in this case since it is a know piece of software causing your problem. Have you tried zonelab.com's help forum?

 

[Amano]

I installed over the old copy of windows I might go try zonelab.com's help forums see if I can find something there thanks for the help.