Running a server on Windows XP
 

I can't find the orgininal post I read where the discussion of no-ip was used for playing on your own public server behind nat. But I remembered someone saying that the only problem they had after all that was that when they closed down a zone manually it gave an error and error report popup.

Below is the fix I found:(I have not tried option 2:editing the registry)

Open Control Panel.
Click on Performance and Maintenance.
Click on System.
Then click on the Advanced tab.
Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows.
Select Disable error reporting.
Click [OK] [OK]

or

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\Err orReporting
Modify/Create the Value Name according to the Value Data listed below.
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: DoReport
Value Data: [0 = Don