SP2 Firewall

[GolfNut]

I have a hardware firewall and don't want to use the XP firewall. i
have told the SP2 security center to not notify me and that i have a
firewall solution of my own. yet...even after setting that, every 3-4
startups the secutity center pops up the balloon and tells me that my
PC is not protected and might be vulnerable. how do i make it stop
doing that???

tw

 

[Guest]

Disable all the available options via GUI.
Then set to Disabled the corresponding Services.

Hope this helps!

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[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I have a hardware firewall and don't want to use the XP firewall. i
have told the SP2 security center to not notify me and that i have a
firewall solution of my own. yet...even after setting that, every 3-4
startups the secutity center pops up the balloon and tells me that my
PC is not protected and might be vulnerable. how do i make it stop
doing that???

tw

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:

To "solve" this problem, you can 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...

 

[PA Bear]

Also see:

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875357
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