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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
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. ------- OT : The steel knights (st33l-Kn1ghts) is a small Yahoo Messenger based chatroom club. Whether you are a techie or a newbie, female or male, we're looking for some new blood. Requirements: be half-way mature... It's nice to know the people you chat with in a chatroom environment. http://www.steel-knights.com . (you can run Yahoo Messenger & Windows/MSN Messenger at the same time with no conflicts). |
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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
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...t=windowsxpsp2 -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect Your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "...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. |
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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
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...t=windowsxpsp2 thanks mucho... ...D. |
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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
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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...t=windowsxpsp2 thanks mucho... ...D. Sometimes changing the settins doesn't stick. In that case disable the security center service in services.msc. |
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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
....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) |
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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
"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...t=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. |
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SP2 Firewall warning - minor annoyance
....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...t=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. |
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