Thanks for the info, I had periodic problems with ZoneAlarm in the past and if I recall I did the same as you and lowered security level to get things to work properly with certain applications. I am not too tech savvy but it seems as though ZoneAlarm was a bit more user friendly for newbies than Comodo. Maybe I’ll switch back(heh, if I can).
I used Zone Alarm for years. Then for some reason I tried Comodo. It’s been awhile since I took it off my laptop so I can’t recall all the issues with the uninstall. But it was serious.
Since then, I’ve been running Windows Firewall because I have my router firewall (I don’t use the wireless configuration much at all because I’m ethernet wired to the router most of the time). But then I got a bug up my butt a few days ago and reinstalled Zone Alarm. It worked well until this a.m.
What I did (unwittingly) was the first option mentioned in the Microsoft “work around”; lowering the security slider down to “Medium”. It worked for me. I haven’t uninstalled the Microsoft update because everything seems to be working without doing so. I’ve even had one further update installed since then.