How to get rid of SP2 security icon?

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Larc said:
| | > I've just finished installing SP2 in the first of six computers. Most
| > everything appears fine so far. One question: how do I get rid of the
| > little
| > security icon that has planted itself in the system tray? I can't find
| > any
| > turnoff option by right clicking it or in the page it opens.
| >
| > Not related, but Windows Update certainly does look cluttered after SP2.
| > Somebody tried to cram far too much into one screen.
| >
|
| That icon is there (if it is red) to remind you that there is a problem that
| the Security Center is aware of.
| If you are OK with your AV, Firewall and other settings monitored by the
| Security Center it goes away.
| Address the root cause of your problem first.

Thanks, Mike. It was probably unhappy that I turned off both the XP firewall
(the system is behind a hardware firewall) and automatic updates. Also, Norton
AV is turned off until the Norton SP2-compatible upgrade comes out — supposedly
today.

At any rate, I went to Serices as disabled it as suggested by Russell. It's
gone now! :-)

Larc



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No reason to turn off NAV. It works fine, just that the security center
doesn't see it's there.
 
Rick said:
Start:Control Panel:Security Center, in the Resources area on the left
select Change the way the Security Center Alerts Me and uncheck whichever
alerts are turning on that icon.

I'm running Agnitums Outpost firewall and NOD32 for an AV, neither of
which is recognized by SP2. Curiously, since installing SP2, I end up
missing one or both of their icons in the systray after a reboot. The
services appear to be starting up (as seen in the Task Manager) but their
icons in the systray only intermittently appear.
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Mine didn't show up eitehr initially for NAV. I right clicked on the
taskbar, then hide inactive icons. Toggled that switch and customize
always show on, then back to hide when inactive. It showed up then and
through subsequent boots is working ok.
 
Rick said:
Start:Control Panel:Security Center, in the Resources area
on the left
select Change the way the Security Center Alerts Me and
uncheck whichever
alerts are turning on that icon.
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Thank you...
 
You go into the Seciruty Center and tell it you will manage your own
solution and once you have resolved that for all options, then it will go
away.

I think what he's getting at is that he doesn't really
care what the Security Center thinks---he doesn't want it
there at all. I installed SP2 and I hate the little
Security Center icon in my system tray, it's just
something else taking up space popping up annoying
ballons. I don't care about having a firewall, or an
antivirus solution. Not having a firewall or antivirus
solution isn't a "problem" to some people--there should
always be an option to disable something annoying such as
this.
On another note, SP2 screwed up my wireless. See my post
under "networking and the web" to see more.

Charles

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