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Hmm... I'm having a computer problem. Programs that use the internet (World of Warcraft, MSN) are not working, yet the Internet itself is working. All of a sudden, I just couldn't get on the programs. All my applications are running slowly as well. I think it's something to do with me downloading a trial of McAfee Privacy Service, and McAfee Personal Firewall Plus last night, but when I shut them off, the problem was still there.
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I guess I should post the lame response before someone else does.
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there you go, you figured it out. Could be possible, that since you installed the firewall, it might have disabled all connections for programs by default, and if you haven't configured the firewall to enable those programs and ports and what not, then .. that's what you want to do.In da butt.
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Originally posted by Pekka
there you go, you figured it out. Could be possible, that since you installed the firewall, it might have disabled all connections for programs by default, and if you haven't configured the firewall to enable those programs and ports and what not, then .. that's what you want to do.
That would certainly explain specific programs not opening like msn and WoW but web browsers that use ports that are probably open by default are ok.<Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
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However, you said you disabled them ... perhaps it enabled the WinXP default firewall as well?<Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
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Yeah you never know, installing virus AND firewall, plus the possibility of XP firewalls, with SP2 anyway there can be hassles, plus if you have some kind of ISP provided firewall.. basically you just need to sort this crap out. But that should be the problem, or at least one of them. Also, the programs that are not using internet might be considerably slower for a while, if you just installed the virus software, it might be scanning your system. Then again I would assume you would know it, because there would be the scanning program notifying you of it so..In da butt.
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he didn't mention if he's using Sp2. I don't use it. Or should I? I have another firewall.Comment
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No you should definitely not use SP2, even though Asher is prolly going to tell us why what I just suggested is stupid and could cause your computer to explode and not be valid for insurances. But hey... take a ****ing chance once in your life and don't do what you're supposed to. SP2 = useless.In da butt.
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There is no reason not to use SP2, unless you're a large corporation with internal programs that will be broken by the more secure design."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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More importantly, there is no reason to use SP2. It's not giving me anything I don't already have.Comment
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Err...yes, it does.
SP2 re-implements the RPC interface (the most blatantly insecure feature of WinXP, and one that the big worms used to exploit), and it also adds some additional security in the inclusion of DEP...which helps prevent many types of common exploits.
Not to mention the thousands of non-security related bugfixes and stability improvements...
SP2 is far more than Windows XP with a new IE and new Firewall and all old security patches.
You'd be stupid not to use it, given it's free and a massive security upgrade for Windows (whether you use its firewall and IE or not)..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I don't think I can though. I have an illegal copy of windows.Comment
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Like I said, I'll take my chances.
And yes, I had SP2 for some time. Not anymore, thank you very much.In da butt.
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Originally posted by Dissident
I don't think I can though. I have an illegal copy of windows.
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I have SP2. I restarted the Firewall program a few times, and it finally allows me to go on MSN, Yahoo! etc. but I still can't log into WoW. And the port they use doesn't even show up.Comment
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