Re: Norton Internet Security and XP Pro *before* logon

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CDB wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> - I'm new to this group and I've looked through your posts and Googled for
> an answer to my query to no avail.
>
> I have a home network. The Internet Gateway is an XP Pro SP2 machine running
> Norton Internet Security 2005 connected by a cable modem (NTL in the UK) on
> a dedicated Ethernet card.
>
> Windows is up to date on all the networked PC's. Since I run Norton Personal
> Firewall, the Windows firewall is disabled. I run Spybot S&D, Anti-Adaware
> and MS Anti-Spyware on a weekly basis on each PC and have never had a
> problem. The network is connected via a switch to a second Ethernet card in
> the gateway PC.
>
> If I turn on the gateway PC, switch and cable modem, the rest of the network
> has access to the Internet, shared folders on the gateway and shares on
> other connections *even though the gateway PC is sitting at the logon
> screen*.
>
> My question is this:
>
> Does Norton load before the Windows logon?
>
> Am I protected from Internet intrusions *before* I logon to XP or should I
> establish a user connection to the gateway before I turn on the other home
> PC's?

By design I believe that NIS should be protecting you even before Windows
has started up and if there are no users logged on. It does this by running
as a special type of program called a "Service". Such programs are designed
to run quite happy with no logged on users.

HTH
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Adam Piggott, Proprietor, Proactive Services (Computing).
http://www.proactiveservices.co.uk/

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