SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance

[...D.]

I installed SP2 and it works very nicely. The little problem I am having is
that I deleted my Norton Firewall, and I did not turn on XP's firewall - but
I am behind a router, so that is my hardware firewall. I just noticed page
loads were faster without Norton Firewall.

Now the problem is I get a warning from XP SP2 now telling me to look at my
firewall configuration, I do, and I check the box "I am aware of my firewall
situation and will monitor it myself". But several reboots later, I get the
same warning again when I boot up, and I go do the same thing again. Any
fix for this?
...D.
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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Open your Control Panel, then double-click the Security Center icon.
In the left side, click on the link titled: "Change the way Security Center
alerts me". Next, uncheck the Firewall Alert Setting, then click OK.

Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792&Product=windowsxpsp2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"...D." wrote:

| I installed SP2 and it works very nicely. The little problem I am having is
| that I deleted my Norton Firewall, and I did not turn on XP's firewall - but
| I am behind a router, so that is my hardware firewall. I just noticed page
| loads were faster without Norton Firewall.
|
| Now the problem is I get a warning from XP SP2 now telling me to look at my
| firewall configuration, I do, and I check the box "I am aware of my firewall
| situation and will monitor it myself". But several reboots later, I get the
| same warning again when I boot up, and I go do the same thing again. Any
| fix for this?
| ...D.

[...D.]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:30:43 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
> wrote:

>Open your Control Panel, then double-click the Security Center icon.
>In the left side, click on the link titled: "Change the way Security Center
>alerts me". Next, uncheck the Firewall Alert Setting, then click OK.
>
>Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792&Product=windowsxpsp2

thanks mucho...


...D.

[Rock]

....D. wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:30:43 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Open your Control Panel, then double-click the Security Center icon.
>>In the left side, click on the link titled: "Change the way Security Center
>>alerts me". Next, uncheck the Firewall Alert Setting, then click OK.
>>
>>Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792&Product=windowsxpsp2
>
>
> thanks mucho...
>
>
> ...D.

Sometimes changing the settins doesn't stick. In that case disable the
security center service in services.msc.

[Alex Nichol]

....D. wrote:

>I installed SP2 and it works very nicely. The little problem I am having is
>that I deleted my Norton Firewall, and I did not turn on XP's firewall - but
>I am behind a router, so that is my hardware firewall. I just noticed page
>loads were faster without Norton Firewall.
>
>Now the problem is I get a warning from XP SP2 now telling me to look at my
>firewall configuration, I do, and I check the box "I am aware of my firewall
>situation and will monitor it myself". But several reboots later, I get the
>same warning again when I boot up, and I go do the same thing again. Any
>fix for this?

You can turn off the Security Center service in Admin Tools - Services.
But I don't think I would entirely trust a router - I would have the SP2
firewall on, or one of the free ones like free Zone Alarm, which does
not cause significant overhead


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[...D.]

"Carey Frisch > wrote:
>>Open your Control Panel, then double-click the Security Center icon.
>>In the left side, click on the link titled: "Change the way Security Center
>>alerts me". Next, uncheck the Firewall Alert Setting, then click OK.
>>
>>Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792&Product=windowsxpsp2

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:45:22 -0700, ...D. > wrote:
>thanks mucho... > ...D.

Carey, an update. Here it is 9-24 about 6AM west coast time USA, and I've
started the computer up 3 or 4 times since I thanked you for the above, and
I did exactly what you mentioned to do, and still, I get the warning on this
boot up this morning about me & my firewall & "I may be at risk", and press
here to see more about it. Again, I just unchecked the box in front of
firewall which I had previously unchecked, and went into the section about
how the warnings work, and told it to not inform about the firewall
situation which I had done previously but all was as if I never did any of
this. Now, I have left that window, and somewhere at the top it said
something to the effect that my firewall was unmonitored. Fine.

So either I did not press "OK" last time (which I am pretty sure I did),
once each time of the two instances mentioned, or I did, and it for some
reason, forgets what I have done at about 4 starts &/or reboots after
shutdowns. I think it is going to happen again, and if it does, I'll post
again. (MY situation is using a router as a hardware firewall and I do not
want to use any software firewall).

...D.

[Rock]

....D. wrote:

> "Carey Frisch > wrote:
>
>>>Open your Control Panel, then double-click the Security Center icon.
>>>In the left side, click on the link titled: "Change the way Security Center
>>>alerts me". Next, uncheck the Firewall Alert Setting, then click OK.
>>>
>>>Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792&Product=windowsxpsp2
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:45:22 -0700, ...D. > wrote:
>
>>thanks mucho... > ...D.
>
>
> Carey, an update. Here it is 9-24 about 6AM west coast time USA, and I've
> started the computer up 3 or 4 times since I thanked you for the above, and
> I did exactly what you mentioned to do, and still, I get the warning on this
> boot up this morning about me & my firewall & "I may be at risk", and press
> here to see more about it. Again, I just unchecked the box in front of
> firewall which I had previously unchecked, and went into the section about
> how the warnings work, and told it to not inform about the firewall
> situation which I had done previously but all was as if I never did any of
> this. Now, I have left that window, and somewhere at the top it said
> something to the effect that my firewall was unmonitored. Fine.
>
> So either I did not press "OK" last time (which I am pretty sure I did),
> once each time of the two instances mentioned, or I did, and it for some
> reason, forgets what I have done at about 4 starts &/or reboots after
> shutdowns. I think it is going to happen again, and if it does, I'll post
> again. (MY situation is using a router as a hardware firewall and I do not
> want to use any software firewall).
>
> ...D.

As I posted before, sometimes the setting doesn't stick. The next
recourse is disable the security center service.