Stupid XP Security Center

**muldrick** · 01-04-2005, 06:29 PM

How do I turn off this security center (shield in the taskbar) it keeps popping up saying I don't have firewall turned on, no antivirus software, and auto updates off. I don't want firewall, anti virus or auto updates.
I right clicked on "my comp.", went to "manage" and in the services I turned the stuff off. It turns off, shield goes away, but when I reboot it comes back on. How do I shut this crap off, to stay off.

**VanMan69** · 01-04-2005, 06:34 PM

Right click in the system tray and select "customize notifications". Set the security center to "never show". I think that'll do it.

**Ninja Monkey** · 01-04-2005, 06:41 PM

Just stopping the service isn't enough, you have to set its startup parameters to "Manual" or "Disabled"

**muldrick** · 01-04-2005, 06:44 PM

Weird, my customize notifications is not black, its not an option. It's there, but it's not clickable.
@Ninja, how?

**Scouse Monkey** · 01-04-2005, 06:48 PM

Go intot he security centre options in control panel. You can change the notifications there

**muldrick** · 01-04-2005, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

Go intot he security centre options in control panel. You can change the notifications there

No, you can't.

**xBrady** · 01-04-2005, 06:59 PM

I was able to go to Start/Run/msconfig/Services/ Disable security center. Never heard from it again.

**Ninja Monkey** · 01-04-2005, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by muldrick

Weird, my customize notifications is not black, its not an option. It's there, but it's not clickable.
@Ninja, how?

For customise notifications to be clickable, you need to enable hiding icons. Control Panel -> Taskbar and Start Menu -> Check "Hide inactive icons"

To disable a service (better option) go to Services, right click on the service, click Properties and from the drop down box select Disabled

**VanMan69** · 01-04-2005, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by muldrick

Weird, my customize notifications is not black, its not an option. It's there, but it's not clickable.
@Ninja, how?

You're using an account with administrative privleges, right? If so, beats me.

Edit: Yeah, listen to Ninja. I don't know ****. I'm just eye candy.

**muldrick** · 01-04-2005, 09:12 PM

No, please answer if you can. You're answer was actually correct on my home and work pc. For some reason (what Ninja said) it's not clickable on my carputer.
I will try all these answer t-morrow and let you know. Thanks for the replies