SP2 Taskbar Security Icon no longer shows

[Bob Scott]

I just installed SP2 and all is workking great except the Security Status
Icon, in the Task Bar at the bottom, near the clock, that changes colors and
tells you, or warns you about your current security, is gone. How do i get
it back?

[Mike Bright MSP]

Bob,

Do you mean the Bubble that comes up with your security status? This only
appears if you are not protected, If you have a Firewall, Anti-Virus and are
up-to-date you don't see this bubble. Other then that, what Icon?

Regards

Mike Bright MCP, MSP

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Mike Bright MSP wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Do you mean the Bubble that comes up with your security status? This only
> appears if you are not protected, If you have a Firewall, Anti-Virus and are
> up-to-date you don't see this bubble. Other then that, what Icon?
Hi

Also note that the Security Center is default disabled for
domain computers.


From a previous post by me:

If the computer is member of a domain, the Security Center is
default disabled, and you will see this entry in the Application
event log (Source: SecurityCenter, Event ID: 1807):

"The Security Center service has been stopped. It was prevented
from running by a software group policy."

For a domain computer, this is normal and by design, the Security
Center is default turned off (and you will get the message mentioned
above in the event log). There is a Group Policy setting available
if you want to turn it on (domain wide or just for your computer
using Start/Run--> gpedit.msc).

Take a look at the chapter for the Security Center in
06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC

Security Center
What settings are added or changed in Windows XP Service Pack 2?
Group Policy settings (page 26 for me)



06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC ("Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP
Service Pack 2, Part 6: Computer Maintenance") can be downloaded from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7bd948d7-b791-40b6-8364-685b84158c78&DisplayLang=en

Note: WinXPSP2_Documentation.zip contains all the .doc downloads...



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