security centre unavailable

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC? Help is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach as per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the country as I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a lot of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything else that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently. First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

well, thanks anyway. I've searched around and found I'm not the only one with
the problem, which is a slight relief, but no answers. It looks more and more
as though its a microsoft-related issue but they don't seem to be
acknowledging it. Strange thing, too, if I switch users the security centre
and updates also turns off too. Guess I'll just have to activate them
manually each time until I can find the answer.
cheers

"philwil" wrote:


"Peter" wrote:

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC? Help is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach as per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the country as I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a lot of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything else that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently. First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

I think you need to do a format/re-install of XP or at least do a system
file check.
The latter is Start/Run enter sfc /scannow (with the space).. it may ask you
for your Installation CD unless all the i386 files were installed along with
XP. Insert the CD and see what happens. At worst it will fail.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
well, thanks anyway. I've searched around and found I'm not the only one
with
the problem, which is a slight relief, but no answers. It looks more and
more
as though its a microsoft-related issue but they don't seem to be
acknowledging it. Strange thing, too, if I switch users the security
centre
and updates also turns off too. Guess I'll just have to activate them
manually each time until I can find the answer.
cheers

"philwil" wrote:


"Peter" wrote:

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC? Help
is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach as
per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the country as
I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a lot
of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything else
that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the
Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look
into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security
Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I
still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently. First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer
is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have
it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its
currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was
stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no
difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why
this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

but will a format or reinstall delete any of my files/applications etc?

"Peter" wrote:

I think you need to do a format/re-install of XP or at least do a system
file check.
The latter is Start/Run enter sfc /scannow (with the space).. it may ask you
for your Installation CD unless all the i386 files were installed along with
XP. Insert the CD and see what happens. At worst it will fail.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
well, thanks anyway. I've searched around and found I'm not the only one
with
the problem, which is a slight relief, but no answers. It looks more and
more
as though its a microsoft-related issue but they don't seem to be
acknowledging it. Strange thing, too, if I switch users the security
centre
and updates also turns off too. Guess I'll just have to activate them
manually each time until I can find the answer.
cheers

"philwil" wrote:


"Peter" wrote:

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC? Help
is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach as
per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the country as
I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a lot
of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything else
that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the
Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look
into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security
Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I
still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently. First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer
is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have
it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its
currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was
stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no
difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why
this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

Yes it would. I back up my personal stuff and favourites, downloads etc on
a regular basis.
You could try a repair install which only wipes out the latest windows
updates, but preserves your files and folders. Rather than go into detail
it's all laid out he
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repa...ing%20Setu p:

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
but will a format or reinstall delete any of my files/applications etc?

"Peter" wrote:

I think you need to do a format/re-install of XP or at least do a system
file check.
The latter is Start/Run enter sfc /scannow (with the space).. it may ask
you
for your Installation CD unless all the i386 files were installed along
with
XP. Insert the CD and see what happens. At worst it will fail.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
well, thanks anyway. I've searched around and found I'm not the only
one
with
the problem, which is a slight relief, but no answers. It looks more
and
more
as though its a microsoft-related issue but they don't seem to be
acknowledging it. Strange thing, too, if I switch users the security
centre
and updates also turns off too. Guess I'll just have to activate them
manually each time until I can find the answer.
cheers

"philwil" wrote:


"Peter" wrote:

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC?
Help
is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach
as
per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the country
as
I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have
been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a
lot
of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything
else
that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the
Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look
into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security
Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set
to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I
still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc
again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had
switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in
message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently.
First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my
computer
is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I
have
it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its
currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was
stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no
difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why
this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home
with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

P.S. go down to "How to run a repair install"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
but will a format or reinstall delete any of my files/applications etc?

"Peter" wrote:

I think you need to do a format/re-install of XP or at least do a system
file check.
The latter is Start/Run enter sfc /scannow (with the space).. it may ask
you
for your Installation CD unless all the i386 files were installed along
with
XP. Insert the CD and see what happens. At worst it will fail.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
well, thanks anyway. I've searched around and found I'm not the only
one
with
the problem, which is a slight relief, but no answers. It looks more
and
more
as though its a microsoft-related issue but they don't seem to be
acknowledging it. Strange thing, too, if I switch users the security
centre
and updates also turns off too. Guess I'll just have to activate them
manually each time until I can find the answer.
cheers

"philwil" wrote:


"Peter" wrote:

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC?
Help
is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach
as
per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the country
as
I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have
been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a
lot
of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything
else
that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the
Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look
into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security
Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set
to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I
still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc
again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had
switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in
message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently.
First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my
computer
is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I
have
it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its
currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was
stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no
difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why
this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home
with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

Footnote...whenever doing any kind of repair or full install you should
physically disconnect from the internet until it's finished.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
P.S. go down to "How to run a repair install"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
but will a format or reinstall delete any of my files/applications etc?

"Peter" wrote:

I think you need to do a format/re-install of XP or at least do a system
file check.
The latter is Start/Run enter sfc /scannow (with the space).. it may ask
you
for your Installation CD unless all the i386 files were installed along
with
XP. Insert the CD and see what happens. At worst it will fail.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
well, thanks anyway. I've searched around and found I'm not the only
one
with
the problem, which is a slight relief, but no answers. It looks more
and
more
as though its a microsoft-related issue but they don't seem to be
acknowledging it. Strange thing, too, if I switch users the security
centre
and updates also turns off too. Guess I'll just have to activate them
manually each time until I can find the answer.
cheers

"philwil" wrote:


"Peter" wrote:

....apart from a repair install

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"Peter" wrote in message
...
Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC?
Help
is
supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach
as
per
that page...they've helped me in the past. I asked you the
country as
I
assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have
been
Canada too!!
Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a
lot
of
experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/ ... but there isn't anything
else
that
I can suggest I'm afraid.
Sorry, and good luck!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the
Security
Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look
into
it!!
There must be another way . . . I hope.

I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?

"Peter" wrote:

Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open
Performance
and Maintenance, open
Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security
Center"
and
"Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is
set to
Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP, Alex Nichol
"philwil" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way
in?

"Peter" wrote:

Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc
Workstation
should be started and automatic.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
thanks for the reply, Peter.
Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I
still
found
Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc
again
and
those
services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had
switched
themselves
off
again. Any idea what's causing that?


"Peter" wrote:

P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in
message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently.
First,
when I
start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my
computer
is
at
risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I
have
it
set
to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's
working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its
currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was
stopped.
Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet
options,
and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no
difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know
why
this
is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home
with
sp2
etc.

thanks.

Thanks, I had the same issue and this seems to have sorted it.


Cheers

David

"Peter" wrote:

Go to Start/Run and enter "services.msc" without the "". Expand the frame
to full screen to make it easier to navigate. Go down to Security Center
and right-click to set it to Automatic and Start it.
Do the same with RPC (Remote Procedure Call ) and Windows Management.
Do you run Registry cleaners at all? Sometimes they "clean" things that
they shouldn't.
Reboot and see if it's OK after doing the above.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently. First, when I start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer is at risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have it set to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was stopped. Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet options, and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why this is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with sp2 etc.

thanks.

peter
i have the same prob, but when i run services.msc, there is no security
centre icon or entry--help
--
ajrigby


"Peter" wrote:

Go to Start/Run and enter "services.msc" without the "". Expand the frame
to full screen to make it easier to navigate. Go down to Security Center
and right-click to set it to Automatic and Start it.
Do the same with RPC (Remote Procedure Call ) and Windows Management.
Do you run Registry cleaners at all? Sometimes they "clean" things that
they shouldn't.
Reboot and see if it's OK after doing the above.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
"philwil" wrote in message
...
a couple of strange things started happening recently. First, when I start
up
the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer is at risk
because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have it set to
automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its currently
unavailable
because security centre service has not started or was stopped. Having
said
that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet options, and
everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no difference.
Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why this is
happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with sp2 etc.

thanks.