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McAfee security center personal firewall is too agressive.

I am running XP Pro SP2 on a P4 dell laptop.  When I enable XPs windows firewall I can access the internet very quickly.  When I also enable the McAfee security center personal firewall, my system is not able to access most web pages and slows to a crawl.  I would just like to disable the McAfee and run with only the windows firewall.  Is that a reasonable option?

In the office I turn off windows firewall and enable nortons firewall and am very happy.  I just cant seem to find any machine that I like the way it runs McAfee.  Is there a way to make McAfee less agressive?  Or do I need it in the mix at all for the personal firewall?

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Why do you want to run Windows Firewall as well as MaCafee?
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I have not had good success getting mcafee configured in the past.  When I disable windows firewall and enable mcafee I cant seem to get out on the internet.  I am trying to make mcafee less agressive.
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As I said above, there is nothing to stop you using the a/v and spam killer functions of McAfee's Security Center, and running a stand-alone firewall like Zone Alarm or Kerio.
I have personally been using the free Zone Alarm firewall for several years with no problems.

McAfee personal firewall manual:

http://download.mcafee.com/products/manuals/en-us/MPF_UserGuide_2006.pdf

Here is an example of how to configure McAfee's firewall for a particular program:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/help/activesync/mcafee.mspx

Good luck!