SP2 Security Center settings

I have a hardware firewall and don't want to use the XP firewall. i
have told the SP2 security center to not notify me and that i have a
firewall solution of my own. yet...even after setting that, every 3-4
startups the secutity center pops up the balloon and tells me that my
PC is not protected and might be vulnerable. how do i make it stop
doing that???

tw

GolfNut,

First, it's advisable to use a third-party personal firewall (such as
EZ-Trust, Zone Alarm or Sygate etc) so that the outbound connections are
monitored (hardware firewall can be an addition). Regardsing the Security
Center, it may not retain the settings in some systems. Here is a
workaround:

Open the Security Center by typing WSCUI.CPL in the Start, RUN box. Or,
click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Security Center. Click
Change the way Security Center alerts me. Clear the check boxes beside the
items for which you don't want to receive alerts, and then click OK.

Or, a direct registry edit: http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/seccenteralert.htm

Additional Information:
From Torgeir Bakken, Scripting expert and Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI

quote
Disable the Security Center service:

Start/Run -- services.msc

Find "Security Center" in the list, double click on it, set "Startup type"
to Disabled.

There is also a Group Policy setting available to disable the Security
Center (Start/Run-- gpedit.msc).

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

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 he

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

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

/quote


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"GolfNut" wrote in message
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I have a hardware firewall and don't want to use the XP firewall. i
have told the SP2 security center to not notify me and that i have a
firewall solution of my own. yet...even after setting that, every 3-4
startups the secutity center pops up the balloon and tells me that my
PC is not protected and might be vulnerable. how do i make it stop
doing that???

tw