php/mysql slow with zone alarm

Hey all. I do most of my coding on win98 before uploading it to my web host running linux. I'm running the windows versions of apache/mysql/php. I'm using the cgi version of php. I also run the personal firewall software, zone alarm. When zone alarm is running it slows php/mysql down so much that the script usually times out. I have given these programs the permissions that they need in zone alarm. Zone alarm doesn't keep them from running, it just makes them really slow. It doesn't run slow unless I query the mysql DB from a php page. Php in and of itself is not slow, just when used in conjunction with mysql. Also, when I use mysql from the command line it doesn't seem to be slow. I know this isn't necessarily a php issue, but thought maybe some of you may have run into a problem like this before and would know a remedy. Any help appreciated. tia, --ed __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com