SP2 & Firewall notification pop up

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Martin

Hi

Every time I start my computer I get a popup saying "Your
Computer may be at risk, Your firewall status is unknown"

I have McAfee firewall installed and its a drag having to
check the box saying "I have a firewall solution and will
monitor myself" Is there some way this box could remain
checked so I dont have the security warning popup every
time I reboot? I have tried changing the way the security
centre warns about the firewall but this is also not
retained when comp is rebooted.

Many thanks
Martin
 
Martin said:
Hi

Every time I start my computer I get a popup saying "Your
Computer may be at risk, Your firewall status is unknown"

I have McAfee firewall installed and its a drag having to
check the box saying "I have a firewall solution and will
monitor myself" Is there some way this box could remain
checked so I dont have the security warning popup every
time I reboot? I have tried changing the way the security
centre warns about the firewall but this is also not
retained when comp is rebooted.

Many thanks
Martin
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From another poster (sorry I can't remember who just now):

If the Security Center settings disabling alerts refuse to stick, use
Regedit to create a new entry under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Security Center
DWORD Value        FirewallDisableNotify
Value                1

Malke
 
Martin said:
Hi

Every time I start my computer I get a popup saying "Your
Computer may be at risk, Your firewall status is unknown"

I have McAfee firewall installed and its a drag having to
check the box saying "I have a firewall solution and will
monitor myself" Is there some way this box could remain
checked so I dont have the security warning popup every
time I reboot? I have tried changing the way the security
centre warns about the firewall but this is also not
retained when comp is rebooted.

Many thanks
Martin
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The setting should *stay* checked. Strange things happen if the ICF/ICS
service is disabled, which is what one might want to do if using a
third-party firewall and not sharing an internet connection. Simply
disabling the firewall in the Security Center seems to work the best,
leaving ICF/ICS running.

Q
 
Martin said:
Every time I start my computer I get a popup saying "Your
Computer may be at risk, Your firewall status is unknown"

I have McAfee firewall installed and its a drag having to
check the box saying "I have a firewall solution and will
monitor myself" Is there some way this box could remain
checked so I dont have the security warning popup every
time I reboot? I have tried changing the way the security
centre warns about the firewall but this is also not
retained when comp is rebooted.

Many thanks
Martin
Click to expand...
Hi

Control Panel/Security Center, click on the "Change the Way Security
Center Notifies Me" link in the left pane.


If that doesn't stick when you reboot, you can do the following:


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).

To "solve" this problem, disable the Security Center service:


Start/Run --> services.msc

Find "Security Center" in the list, double click on it, set
"Startup type" to Disabled.


There is also a Group Policy setting available to disable the
Security Center (Start/Run--> gpedit.msc).

Take a look at the chapter for the Security Center in
06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC

What settings are added or changed in Windows XP Service Pack 2?
Group Policy settings (page 26 for me)


06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC ("Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP
Service Pack 2, Part 6: Computer Maintenance") can be downloaded from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d7-b791-40b6-8364-685b84158c78&DisplayLang=en

Note: WinXPSP2_Documentation.zip contains all the .doc downloads...
 
Malke said:
From another poster (sorry I can't remember who just now):

If the Security Center settings disabling alerts refuse to stick, use
Regedit to create a new entry under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Security Center
DWORD Value FirewallDisableNotify
Value 1
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Hi

In the thread in the link below, Ramesh and I concluded that doing
this in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch will not have any effect:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
 
Torgeir said:
Hi

In the thread in the link below, Ramesh and I concluded that doing
this in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch will not have any effect:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
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It worked for me for a few reboots, but then after reading this message,
I rebooted again, and lo and behold the Security Center warning showed
up again. Moral of the story -- don't read messages? LOL. Ok I guess
I will have to disable the service and not post this as a suggestion.
 
Rock said:
It worked for me for a few reboots, but then after reading this message,
I rebooted again, and lo and behold the Security Center warning showed
up again. Moral of the story -- don't read messages? LOL. Ok I guess
I will have to disable the service and not post this as a suggestion.
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Hi

howiezows have another solution, locking down the permissions on the
registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center

Take a look here:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

I'm a bit reluctant to point to this solution to everybody that have
this problem, because locking down permissions on system files and
system registry keys very often comes back to bite you later on in
upgrade situations (and then you have long gone forgot that you did
this change or you fail to see the connection).
 
Torgeir said:
Hi

howiezows have another solution, locking down the permissions on the
registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center

Take a look here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=479f69ab.0409052109.
46282011%40posting.google.com

I'm a bit reluctant to point to this solution to everybody that have
this problem, because locking down permissions on system files and
system registry keys very often comes back to bite you later on in
upgrade situations (and then you have long gone forgot that you did
this change or you fail to see the connection).
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Thanks, Torgeir and Rock. So I guess the only solution (because we
really don't want to change those permissions for security reasons,
right?) is to disable the Security Center service.

I've changed my notes accordingly.

Cheers,

Malke
 
Malke said:
Thanks, Torgeir and Rock. So I guess the only solution (because we
really don't want to change those permissions for security reasons,
right?) is to disable the Security Center service.

I've changed my notes accordingly.
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It doesn't seem to have any adverse effects provided you don't mind
having all three warnings out of action. You can still call it up in
Control Panel to change settings (though as Firewall and Update have
their own applets there, there is not much need)
 
Alex said:
It doesn't seem to have any adverse effects provided you don't mind
having all three warnings out of action. You can still call it up in
Control Panel to change settings (though as Firewall and Update have
their own applets there, there is not much need)
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Thanks, Alex. I appreciate the information.

Malke
 
Torgeir said:
Hi

howiezows have another solution, locking down the permissions on the
registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center

Take a look here:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


I'm a bit reluctant to point to this solution to everybody that have
this problem, because locking down permissions on system files and
system registry keys very often comes back to bite you later on in
upgrade situations (and then you have long gone forgot that you did
this change or you fail to see the connection).
Click to expand...

Ok thanks. I agree, going that far to resolve the issue is more than it
needs.
 
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