The free firewall program from Zone Alarm has some problems operating under Windows 2000 patched to Service Pack 1. The issues doesnÆt affect the Zone Alarm Pro version or the unpatched version of Windows 2000. A simple update will get the two programs happily working with each other again. See www.zonelabs.com for more information and the patch (which is also on this monthÆs CD).

By Scott Mendham