SP 2 SECURITY CENTER

[Bryan]

I installed SP 2 on both of my XP Home systems. The first
one upgraded and after re-starting recognized that I was
running Norton Internet Security 2004. At this point I had
the option of continuing to use NIS or use XP's firewall.
I choose NIS. After all was said and done, the security
center knows I am running NIS and the firewall and anti-
virus status displays show as being OK and specifiy that I
am running a Norton product. On my second PC, it didn't
recognize the fact that I was running NIS and never gave
me the option to specify using it instead of XP's
firewall, so the security center displays the firewall and
anti-virus status as requiring attention.

Is there some way to get the security center to re-scan
the system so that it will find the NIS software?

Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Welcome to the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Information Center!
This page answers the most frequently asked questions about SP2 and your
Norton antivirus and firewall products:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html

Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792&Product=windowsxpsp2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I installed SP 2 on both of my XP Home systems. The first
| one upgraded and after re-starting recognized that I was
| running Norton Internet Security 2004. At this point I had
| the option of continuing to use NIS or use XP's firewall.
| I choose NIS. After all was said and done, the security
| center knows I am running NIS and the firewall and anti-
| virus status displays show as being OK and specifiy that I
| am running a Norton product. On my second PC, it didn't
| recognize the fact that I was running NIS and never gave
| me the option to specify using it instead of XP's
| firewall, so the security center displays the firewall and
| anti-virus status as requiring attention.
|
| Is there some way to get the security center to re-scan
| the system so that it will find the NIS software?
|
| Thanks

 

[Melvin Ho]

Try to do a live update for Norton, there is patch for norton so that SP2
security center would reconise them.
This is what norton says... not sure if it's true.

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html

Melvin

 

[Bryan]

Thanks Melvin.

One of those "can't see the forest through the trees"
times!

 

[Bryan]

Thanks for the links Carey.

I'll have to check them out from home as my work PC blocks
most of the Symantec links.

Cheers