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SP2 firewall status alert settings not retained
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I don't need nor want SP2's firewall as my network is running thro' a hardware firewall router. I've turned off the firewall and selected the option not to be alerted as I have my own firewall solution. However when I reboot, XP loses this setting and continues to alert me that its firewall is not turned on. How do I turn off this alert PERMANENTLY? Many thanks. |
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SP2 firewall status alert settings not retained
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. 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 "JTHM" .@.. wrote in message ... Folks I don't need nor want SP2's firewall as my network is running thro' a hardware firewall router. I've turned off the firewall and selected the option not to be alerted as I have my own firewall solution. However when I reboot, XP loses this setting and continues to alert me that its firewall is not turned on. How do I turn off this alert PERMANENTLY? Many thanks. |
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SP2 firewall status alert settings not retained
Thanks for the reply, but your workaround setting doesn't get retained
either! If I disable Security Centre via 'services.msc' does this also disable Automatic Updates? Thanks again. ------ "Ramesh [MVP]" wrote in message ... 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. 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 "JTHM" .@.. wrote in message ... Folks I don't need nor want SP2's firewall as my network is running thro' a hardware firewall router. I've turned off the firewall and selected the option not to be alerted as I have my own firewall solution. However when I reboot, XP loses this setting and continues to alert me that its firewall is not turned on. How do I turn off this alert PERMANENTLY? Many thanks. |
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SP2 firewall status alert settings not retained
See if a direct registry edit helps, rather than configuring the Security
Center User interface. More Information: http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/seccenteralert.htm If I disable Security Centre via 'services.msc' does this also disable Automatic Updates? No, it should not. I have Security Center service service disabled, and still have Automatic Updates set to ON. -- Ramesh, Microsoft MVP Window XP Shell/User http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k "JTHM" .@.. wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply, but your workaround setting doesn't get retained either! If I disable Security Centre via 'services.msc' does this also disable Automatic Updates? Thanks again. ------ "Ramesh [MVP]" wrote in message ... 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. |
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SP2 firewall status alert settings not retained
I have come up with a solution that does not disable Security Center,
but keeps the Alerts settings you choose: (I also have a version of this 'solution' on dslreports.com, with screenshots too, if you prefer, check this link: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...3428~mode=flat I believe a component of Symantec is resetting the alerts by making changes in the registry key that controls whether alerts are on or off. By changing the Permissions of that key, you can keep the settings from being changed again. I posted the following procedure at broadbandreports.com yesterday, so I'm going to paste the text he I will type a lot here, to help those needing the background info, but I DO have a potential fix for this, scan down to where I write: "----FIX----" Not well documented issue in which (apparently) having a Symantec products (Norton Antivirus, Internet Security) keeps resetting the XP Windows Security Center settings to notify/alert that Firewall (or other) aspect is not enabled. After searching countless threads, so far the only option is to disable the Security Center service completely. In my case I do not want to run a software firewall, but am using Norton Antivirus 2004. After each reboot, the firewall alert settings in Security Center get wiped out, and reset to "Alert me if my computer might be at risk because of my firewall settings." There are some discussions pointing to Symantec security feature that restores the setting each time. I'm sure they'll eventually come up with a patched file, but until then this is what I have found will prevent the setting from changing. (Other, more expert users, please chime in if there is a spin on this that would be better!") ----FIX---- Solution is to change the permissions for the registry key which handles Security Center Alert settings. By preventing the System account from changing the value, the choices you make "stay put". You should be doing this while logged in as a member of Administrators group, by the way. 1) Use regedit to go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center The subkeys within are what change (either "0" or "1") when you change your Alert settings within the Security Center. AntiVirusDisableNotify AntiVirusOverride FirewallDisableNotify FirewallOverride UpdatesDisableNotify A value of "1" engages the option, so to disable Firewall alerts, the value should be "1" 2) Now, to stop these values changing from what you WANT, you must highlight the Security Center key name, and right click on it (or use Edit menu) and choose Permissions. 3) Click Advanced, under the Permissions tab, Permission entries, select the SYSTEM (in the Name column) and click Edit. 4) In the Deny column (should start out all unchecked) click to select the Set Value checkbox, and click OK. This way we create an exception to the normal permissions of the SYSTEM account for this subkey ONLY. 5) When you click Apply or OK next, a warning is displayed regarding setting a "deny" permission. If you are following the above, then the only change to permissions are for this specifc subkey (Security Center) and it poses no threat. Click Yes to continue. Click OK to exit the last dialog box. You are done. (If you go go back to permissions, Advanced, you see a new permission entry has been created for SYSTEM to Deny Set Value. If and when you want to reverse the registry adjustment we just made, simply highlight that new entry and click the Remove button.) NOTE!! The effect of this permissions change means that making changes within the Security Center graphical interface for Alerts settings will have NO EFFECT on the registry after this until such time as you go back to the registry key and remove the one deny permission you created. Unless you reverse the registry change, the only way to change the alerting options is changing the above subkeys to zeros or ones using regedit. Remember this is just a registry change for the *alerting* options, it does not change the operation of the Security Center in any other or negative way. Hope this helps people who have been as frustrated as I. |
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