Thread: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Old 06-07-2006, 16:01   #1787
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Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by Grampy
Well I finally got full download speed after uninstalling Zone alarm. Thanks for the tip. I only had it configured to check on programs trying to access the 'net as I have a hardware firewall in the router. Do you think it would br worth firing up windows firewall to keep an eye on programs accessing the 'net?
Windows firewall only checks incoming data just like a router, if you want to stop programs calling home you have to have a decent firewall running on the computer.
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