I have the firewall Zone alarm (free edition) and it is good but start up is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow. I want a new firewall without paying or could u fix my probs at startup. Thanks.

Start > Run > type msconfig
   Click Ok
   Click Startup tab

Reply to this thread with everything that you have checked in the window.

Matty, forgot to say "Goto Startup Tab" and "Goto Services Tab" first!

zone alarm should have an option to not start at startup without going through msconfig

Who cares? MSconfig > *. It works on services too, which rocks.

He claims his PC is slow when starting up. The startup items will affect this. Not Zone Alarm itself. Thats why I wanted him to post the list

Wouldn't a screenshot work better? Saves a lot of typing and ensures accurate information.

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Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
Who cares? MSconfig > *. It works on services too, which rocks.

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Well actually i feel that zone alarm is a bit slow newayz. I have only the foll stuff in my startup
1) ZAP (Zone alarm Pro)
2) F-Prot AV (Really fast. Takes like 1,948 kb ram which is for the auto protect, sheduler and the update prog that sayz that there are updates available then the sp2 red sheild appears in the sys tray)
3) F-Prot Scheduler
4) What Pulse (868 kb atm)

Yet sometimes the zap takes a lot of time to start some times. I have 128 ram. Sometimes it takes 15 secs and sometimes 125 secs (I have timed it many times )
So i guess this is the way it is

Thanks my statup is sooooooooooo slow but i just turn off the internet b4 i login + it's much faster. Zone alarm is far 2 slow.

Does any1 know what icmp.dll is? Because everytime i login i get a error message saying icmp.ddl not found. It's sooooooooooooo annoyin.

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Originally posted by http://www.auditmypc.com/process/icmp.asp
Icmp.dll is required for windows to operate. ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is used when networking. It ensures the integrity of information being sent across a network. If icmp.dll is unavailable Windows will not be able to communicate with any other comoputer (for example over the internet).

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thanks but i'm still confussed it only happens on my account at start up + it came wen i had a power cut and the pc could'nt shut down, wen i swicthed it back on it displayed the error message + now does everytime i login 2 my account.

What is the exact error message you get? Or post a screenshot.

Here u go i get this everytime i logon.

The error itself is coming from updsvc.exe, which is part of the Handybits Update Service. Do you use one of their products? You could try to uninstall that and re-install it.

i dont use their products, neva heard of them, the error happened wen windows did'nt shut down properly.