hanks for telling if it was a firewall or cookies issue
zonealarm
windows firewall
prevents you from logging into blitzbasic forums
It'll prevent you from doing a lot of things. Don't run two software firewalls, it's asking for problems. Pick one and stick with it. If that's not enough protection for you, add a router with a good firewall. A software firewall is far less likely to interfere with a hardware firewall.