SP2 Security Center popups

I have just completely formatted and resintalled windows XP with SP2 and
all is fine except I have the firewall disabled (got a hardware one) yet
after a reboot it tells me its disabled and keeps warning me.

I have disabled all notifications in the security center and even edited
the registry to set both FirewallDisableNotify and FirewallOverride to 1
yet after a reboot the values are changed back shortly after logon.

Is there somthing that could be setting these to the default value?

Many Thanks

The-Mercenary wrote:
> I have just completely formatted and resintalled windows XP with SP2
> and all is fine except I have the firewall disabled (got a hardware
> one) yet after a reboot it tells me its disabled and keeps warning me.
>
> I have disabled all notifications in the security center and even
> edited the registry to set both FirewallDisableNotify and
> FirewallOverride to 1 yet after a reboot the values are changed back
> shortly after logon.
>
> Is there somthing that could be setting these to the default value?
>
> Many Thanks

Hello,
Are you using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ?
If not using ICS , AND you do not wish to use the xp firewall.... Run services.msc and disable Windows Firewall / ICS service.

Use Security Center to re-review notification settings, and restart XP.

I'm not using XP firewall (but ZoneAlarm) and did my selections through both Control Panel & Security Center.
Told it to not monitor firewall.

My settings for Security Center in registry:
at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
FirewallDisableNotify = 1 and FirewallOverride = 1.

I'm not getting any nag popups.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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The-Mercenary wrote:

> I have just completely formatted and resintalled windows XP with SP2 and
> all is fine except I have the firewall disabled (got a hardware one) yet
> after a reboot it tells me its disabled and keeps warning me.
>
> I have disabled all notifications in the security center and even edited
> the registry to set both FirewallDisableNotify and FirewallOverride to 1
> yet after a reboot the values are changed back shortly after logon.
>
> Is there somthing that could be setting these to the default value?
>
> Many Thanks
Hi

Someone in another newsgroup thread indicated that a Symantec service
was the cause for this behavior on his computer (I can't remember in
what newsgroup though).


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"Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote:

>The-Mercenary wrote:
>
>> I have just completely formatted and resintalled windows XP with SP2 and
>> all is fine except I have the firewall disabled (got a hardware one) yet
>> after a reboot it tells me its disabled and keeps warning me.
>>
>> I have disabled all notifications in the security center and even edited
>> the registry to set both FirewallDisableNotify and FirewallOverride to 1
>> yet after a reboot the values are changed back shortly after logon.
>>
>> Is there somthing that could be setting these to the default value?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>Hi
>
>Someone in another newsgroup thread indicated that a Symantec service
>was the cause for this behavior on his computer (I can't remember in
>what newsgroup though).

I am having the same problem, and the Norton issue could be it. When
I updated Norton Anti-Virus, it talked about WMI or something like
that. Does anybody know where I can go to change that setting now? I
am curious if that is my problem.

Jeff

Jeff Grossman <jeff.nospam@stikman.com> wrote:

>"Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote:
>
>>The-Mercenary wrote:
>>
>>> I have just completely formatted and resintalled windows XP with SP2 and
>>> all is fine except I have the firewall disabled (got a hardware one) yet
>>> after a reboot it tells me its disabled and keeps warning me.
>>>
>>> I have disabled all notifications in the security center and even edited
>>> the registry to set both FirewallDisableNotify and FirewallOverride to 1
>>> yet after a reboot the values are changed back shortly after logon.
>>>
>>> Is there somthing that could be setting these to the default value?
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>Hi
>>
>>Someone in another newsgroup thread indicated that a Symantec service
>>was the cause for this behavior on his computer (I can't remember in
>>what newsgroup though).
>
>I am having the same problem, and the Norton issue could be it. When
>I updated Norton Anti-Virus, it talked about WMI or something like
>that. Does anybody know where I can go to change that setting now? I
>am curious if that is my problem.
>
>Jeff

After reading some more information on Symantec, it appears the only
way to change that setting is completely remove Norton Anti-Virus and
re-install. Wow, another reason to leave Symantec. What do people
recommend for Anti-Virus solutions?

Jeff