Terminal Services service and Windows Security Alerts

[Guest]

Hi all,

Does anybody have any experience with Windows Security Alerts (the red
shield on the system tray) not working if the Terminal Services service isn't
running? I like to have the alerts on just in case something goes wrong such
as my antivirus program doesn't start properly. I was contemplating
disabling the Terminal Services service because I don't believe I need it.
However, when it's disabled and the computer is restarted (to stop the
service), the Windows Security Alerts don't come up. I test the alerts by
turning off Automatic Updates and making sure the Windows Security Alerts are
configured to warn me if Automatic Updates is not on. I do have the Security
Center service set to Automatic, and it is running as expected. I also have
several other services not set to Windows default. However, I can duplicate
this every time by changing the startup mode of Terminal Services and
restarting. The restart is required because once you start Terminal
Services, you can't safely stop it.

If anyone has info related to this, I'd appreciate seeing it.

Thanks,
Jerry

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi all,

Does anybody have any experience with Windows Security Alerts (the
red shield on the system tray) not working if the Terminal Services
service isn't running? I like to have the alerts on just in case
something goes wrong such as my antivirus program doesn't start
properly. I was contemplating disabling the Terminal Services
service because I don't believe I need it. However, when it's
disabled and the computer is restarted (to stop the service), the
Windows Security Alerts don't come up. I test the alerts by turning
off Automatic Updates and making sure the Windows Security Alerts are
configured to warn me if Automatic Updates is not on. I do have the
Security Center service set to Automatic, and it is running as
expected. I also have several other services not set to Windows
default. However, I can duplicate this every time by changing the
startup mode of Terminal Services and restarting. The restart is
required because once you start Terminal Services, you can't safely
stop it.

If anyone has info related to this, I'd appreciate seeing it.

Thanks,
Jerry

Haven't seen this, but I wouldn't bother disabling the service (or any of
the built-in services unless you really know what you're about) as it's not
likely to make much of a performance hit, nor will disabling it represent a
security problem if you haven't allowed that traffic into your network or
through your firewall anyway. It's likely to do with one of the
dependencies. Personally, I'd leave it be.

 

[Guest]

Lanwench,

Thanks for the reply. Certainly, I don't believe that leaving it running
would be too much of a risk. I'm more interested in the fact that there is
some connection between the Terminal Services service and the Windows
Security Alerts. I've done some searching and have not found anything that
mentions this situation. I'm surprised by that.

Jerry

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Lanwench,

Thanks for the reply. Certainly, I don't believe that leaving it
running would be too much of a risk. I'm more interested in the fact
that there is some connection between the Terminal Services service
and the Windows Security Alerts. I've done some searching and have
not found anything that mentions this situation. I'm surprised by
that.

You might search for the *dependencies* as that may be the crux of the
issue.

 

[Guest]

I had looked at the dependent services, and nothing stands out. The
Security Center service does not depend on Terminal Services. If there is a
dependency issue with the Windows Security Alerts, then it's deeper than a
straight service dependency and I'm not sure where to find it.

Thanks again,
Jerry

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I had looked at the dependent services, and nothing stands out. The
Security Center service does not depend on Terminal Services. If
there is a dependency issue with the Windows Security Alerts, then
it's deeper than a straight service dependency and I'm not sure where
to find it.

Thanks again,
Jerry

Sorry I don't have the answer