Firewall Stalling Computer

[Monolith]

With the help of this community, I have recently discovered that my firewall has been the lasting cause of my computer repeatedly stalling. See the other thread I made on this (Computer Stalling Problem) for more details on the problem and how I discovered it was the firewall.

Basically, when I have my firewall enable, I get the problem of my computer stalling, and when I have my firewall disabled, I don't have that problem. I would like to figure out why this happens, and how I can fix it while keeping a firewall up.

Right now I have this problem with Sygate Personal Firewall, however I remember I had this same problem back when I was using ZoneAlarm. Maybe it is something with the OS or a conflict with another piece of software that's causing this problem?

Any help in figuring this out is appreciated.

[DELTREE]

What you might try is? Uninstall the firewall then reinstall it? And make sure your firewall is set up right?

[Monolith]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried uninstalling and then re-installing SPF, but that apparently didn't fix the problem.

[Monolith]

Can I get more suggestions?

[MishY]

Hi Monolith,

For clarity, please let us know if you had the stalling problems with no firewall installed.

BTW if you're on adsl or cable you would be far better off with a router if you can afford one. Software firewalls really aren't an equal to a good router for many reasons.