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To: stock bull who wrote (49317)	1/29/2006 4:27:10 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

Shut down ZA and then run the uninstall. Should take care of it.

To: stock bull who wrote (49317)	1/29/2006 5:21:58 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

stock bull, I get that ZA message at startup sometimes, but it does not take several minutes. I have several other programs that open at startup [AVG, UPS monitor, pest patrol etc]. So I don't know how much time ZA really takes. To find out you could start with and without ZA and time it. I have never removed ZA. Most programs leave something behind when removed. That's why I use a reg cleaner after removal. [Ace Utilities]

To: stock bull who wrote (49317)	1/30/2006 12:38:42 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

I tried Kerio for the same reason. My desktop had been very slow to boot and ZA didn't come up in the system tray for a long time. When I bought a notebook, I installed Kerio instead of ZA. Long story short: The notebook has been happily running ZA for months after giving up on Kerio after a few weeks. I just couldn't get the hang of Kerio. Too many alerts. After you approve a program to access whatever, it continues to alert you for any process called by the approved program. There must be a way to stop this, but I just got worn out by always having to deal with the firewall. I didn't find it to be easy to change configurations. I know many consider Kerio top notch, and I don't doubt them. But I didn't have the patience for it. BTW, the slow boot on the desktop was fixed by reinstalling XP. I try to avoid that at all costs, since it takes many hours-days to get my programs and settings back to the environment I like. I had to do it for a different reason, but the slow boot was fixed in the mix. If you run Avast! antivirus, I believe it does a memory and system core virus check on boot up. A nice security feature, but the trade off is a slower boot time. I find that boot time is faster running AVG..