Well, after reading up on everyone's opinion on which was better, I opted for ZoneAlarm, especially after reading Steve Gibson's article. I have a few problems with it, however.

1. When ZoneAlarm is running, I can't access my CD drives. I pop a CD in, and try to explore it, and it just keeps asking me to place a CD in the drive.

2. The system no longer shuts down. It hangs at the Saving Your Settings screen.

What is the best way to configure ZoneAlarm?

For reference, I'm running Win2K SP2, with 512MB RAM. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!