Thanks Birdy and Peerless,yup uninstall done ,(so well I now cant reinstall ZAlarm!)
But now, YES, Windows FWall is STAYING ON,You were right, odds and sods left on the system.
Like the old joke about the Buddist going to the burger stall and saying'' Make me one with everything '' Perehaps Peace will reign for a while,after all IT's ONLY A MACHINE !! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH !
Thankyou ALL,
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for any others trying to uninstall ZAlarm,it leaves behind'True Vector Service',in bits in Windows sys.32 files,true vector is the part that monitors internet, so now I realise why it was interferring with Windows FWall !!! This bit can also muck up re-install of Zalarm,Basically a right PAIN !! Thanks for tip on Sygate, have to be quick tho' bought out by semantec and is withdrawn from many download sites (found out today)

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After installing router I mentioned not being able to browse, see above for problem fix, it has left me unable to browse myself thru 'direct connect' Then I came across my own address in a search yesterday,but find I cant browse my address, does this mean that no one else can either? I was priding myself on having some good uncommon files, or not so popular ones,but now realise if I cant be browsed,like a lot of others it seems, this must limit the choices and the network?? and what is the point of having a good collection if it cant be seen ??? I realise (Or do I ) that if someone is looking for a particular file and 'Searches' for it, will it show in searches even tho you can't be browsed.(

presumably all files available are logged somewhere)oops,excuse bad typing,does this 'browsing' matter? Remain puzzled on this one,especially as before router everything working.Again short of knowledge not of questions !! So if I have a new file to limewire,but you cant browse me, will you know its there or not ??

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Bump, Any Answers? Please

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Any help on the ''Browsing'' Please,

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LW is not designed to be able to browse oneself. However for some odd reason some people can. What's more important is whether you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? And when LW is open, click Tools->Options & go to Bug report & click for an example. In the window that appears scroll down to the part that says: "Recieved incoming this session". If it says ‘True’ then LW has no problem with firewalls. You'll find it about half to 2/3 way down the report.

If you select Direct Connect type search & your ip is listed, then that in itself suggests you don't have a firewall issue. That is the ip you would give someone else to direct connect to you.

Thanks LOTR, I presume I dont have FW issues,apart from the fact that I cant be browsed, can you answer this,There are many hosts that you can't browse,presumably behind FWalls? I also presume that I can't be browsed(because I can no longer browse myself, and I came across my address in a search,clicked browse and couldn't)If therefore I have say a new to LWire file,which i put in my 'Share' folder,if no one can browse me, then presumably LWire will not 'See' the file???or are ALL files in ALL shared folders logged somewhere?Does this limit the network?
Thanks for help, sorry it's more than one question(Again)
PS Still cant resume incompletes,resuming eating my own head instead !
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