Stopping XP SP2 Security Centre from Issuing Firewall Warnings

I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer, so I don't need the
Windows Firewall. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, clicked the checkbox
in the Windows Firewall configuration screen that says "I have a firewall
solution that I will monitor myself", and unchecked the Firewall Alert
Setting. The first time I reboot after adjusting the settings, everything is
fine. However, the second time I reboot, I get a bubble warning in my
taskbar telling me that I need to adjust my Windows Firewall settings, and
all of my Firewall configuration settings have reverted back to the original
settings.

How do I make my configuration changes permanent so that these warnings will
stop popping up?

Thanks in advance,
D.W.

Have you checked with Symantec to see if they have an update for the
version of NIS that you're using ?

MowGreen [MVP]
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Darkwunder wrote:

I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer, so I don't need the
Windows Firewall. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, clicked the checkbox
in the Windows Firewall configuration screen that says "I have a firewall
solution that I will monitor myself", and unchecked the Firewall Alert
Setting. The first time I reboot after adjusting the settings, everything is
fine. However, the second time I reboot, I get a bubble warning in my
taskbar telling me that I need to adjust my Windows Firewall settings, and
all of my Firewall configuration settings have reverted back to the original
settings.

How do I make my configuration changes permanent so that these warnings will
stop popping up?

Thanks in advance,
D.W.

Thanks for the response. I have checked the Symantec website for an update.
So far they have not identified any compatibility issues with SP2. I found a
post further down in the newsgroup from somebody who is having the same
problem as me. They are using Zonealarm, not Norton Internet Security.

Regards,
D.W.


"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

Have you checked with Symantec to see if they have an update for the
version of NIS that you're using ?

MowGreen [MVP]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

Darkwunder wrote:

I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer, so I don't need the
Windows Firewall. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, clicked the checkbox
in the Windows Firewall configuration screen that says "I have a firewall
solution that I will monitor myself", and unchecked the Firewall Alert
Setting. The first time I reboot after adjusting the settings, everything is
fine. However, the second time I reboot, I get a bubble warning in my
taskbar telling me that I need to adjust my Windows Firewall settings, and
all of my Firewall configuration settings have reverted back to the original
settings.

How do I make my configuration changes permanent so that these warnings will
stop popping up?

Thanks in advance,
D.W.

Sorry, I may have misspoke about there not being any compatibility issues.
This is from the Symantec website:

"Your Norton security products contain tamper protection features that
prevent malicious code from determining their status. This tamper protection
also prevents the Windows Security Center from determining the status of your
Norton security products. Shortly after Microsoft releases Service Pack 2,
Symantec will make a correction available through LiveUpdate. This correction
will allow the Windows Security Center to correctly identify the status of
your Norton security products."

From this, I should only be getting alerts from the Security Centre if I let
it monitor my firewall. However, I have selected the options telling the
Security Centre that I will monitor my Firewall manually, and not to issue
Firewall alerts. Yet Windows keeps changing my configuration settings when I
reboot, and keeps trying to monitor the firewall.

It should be noted that Norton Antivirus (which I am also running) has
tamper protection as well, and can't be monitored by the Security Centre. I
have turned off the Antivirus alert in the the Security Centre, and it stays
off. It is only the settings for the Firewall that are being reset.

Regards,
D.W.

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

Have you checked with Symantec to see if they have an update for the
version of NIS that you're using ?

MowGreen [MVP]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

Darkwunder wrote:

I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer, so I don't need the
Windows Firewall. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, clicked the checkbox
in the Windows Firewall configuration screen that says "I have a firewall
solution that I will monitor myself", and unchecked the Firewall Alert
Setting. The first time I reboot after adjusting the settings, everything is
fine. However, the second time I reboot, I get a bubble warning in my
taskbar telling me that I need to adjust my Windows Firewall settings, and
all of my Firewall configuration settings have reverted back to the original
settings.

How do I make my configuration changes permanent so that these warnings will
stop popping up?

Thanks in advance,
D.W.

Darkwunder wrote:

I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer, so I don't need the
Windows Firewall. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, clicked the checkbox
in the Windows Firewall configuration screen that says "I have a firewall
solution that I will monitor myself", and unchecked the Firewall Alert
Setting. The first time I reboot after adjusting the settings, everything is
fine. However, the second time I reboot, I get a bubble warning in my
taskbar telling me that I need to adjust my Windows Firewall settings, and
all of my Firewall configuration settings have reverted back to the original
settings.

How do I make my configuration changes permanent so that these warnings will
stop popping up?
Hi

Several others have reported this issue, only way to avoid this
resetting is to disable the Security Center service.

Someone in another newsgroup thread indicated that a Symantec service
was the cause for this behavior on his computer (I can't remember in
what newsgroup though).


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I read further down in this newsgroup that disabling the SP2 Security Centre
may cause problems. I will try it and see what happens.

Thanks,
B.J.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

Darkwunder wrote:

I have Norton Internet Security installed on my computer, so I don't need the
Windows Firewall. I have disabled the Windows Firewall, clicked the checkbox
in the Windows Firewall configuration screen that says "I have a firewall
solution that I will monitor myself", and unchecked the Firewall Alert
Setting. The first time I reboot after adjusting the settings, everything is
fine. However, the second time I reboot, I get a bubble warning in my
taskbar telling me that I need to adjust my Windows Firewall settings, and
all of my Firewall configuration settings have reverted back to the original
settings.

How do I make my configuration changes permanent so that these warnings will
stop popping up?
Hi

Several others have reported this issue, only way to avoid this
resetting is to disable the Security Center service.

Someone in another newsgroup thread indicated that a Symantec service
was the cause for this behavior on his computer (I can't remember in
what newsgroup though).


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Darkwunder wrote:

I read further down in this newsgroup that disabling the SP2 Security Centre
may cause problems. I will try it and see what happens.
Hi

As the Security Center is just a status reporting thing, I can't
really see that it can cause any trouble doing this.


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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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