Firewall slows down my comp

[MXguy741]

I put a firewall on my comp and shortyl after installing it I noticed my comp speed drop alot. not only on the internet but also just general comp speed. So I uninstalled it. It is made by norton and is the 2004 edition. After uninstalling it my comp speeded up a graet deal. I dont think Im going to install it again. What do you think, who else is running one. OH by the way my OS is XP PRO

 

[roho]

Norton........doh

 

[AndrewtheGreat]

How much system memory do you have. With Win xp pro you should have 512 mbs minumum if you plan to run a functional computer.

 

[provoko]

How much system memory do you have. With Win xp pro you should have 512 mbs minumum if you plan to run a functional computer.

That's untrue. 64mb is minimum but 128 is recommended (microsoft requirments).

But what's minimum or recommended doesn't even matter. I can tell you that I used to run my windows xp pro sp1 fine under 256mb of sdram, actually ran it perfectly, with no slow downs even with a norton firewall (not 2004 firewall). 128 is a different story. Microsfot should update their min. and rec. to 128mb and 256mb respectively.

I don't like norton firewall because I think the program installs too much stuff, process, and services. If all three of those things are slowing down your computer, then you could use a free firewall like zonealarm which uses one service and two process for a total of 6 megs of ram.