XP SP2: firewall settings not saved?

[Jörg Pötzsch]

I run Win XP home SP2, and disabled both the firewall (using the option: "I
have my own firewall..." in the XP security center), and also the firewall
status notification of XP, so it wouldn't tell me every time on startup that
the windows firewall is disabled (which I know and did on purpose).
Unfortunately, XP doesnt seem to save these settings, and on every startup
keeps informing me that the XP firewall is disabled, and also "forgets" the
setting about my own firewall.

Any ideas on how to make XP listen to what the user wants?
Thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

In the Security Center window, click Change the way Security Center alerts
me. Clear the check boxes beside the items for which you don't want to
receive alerts, and then click OK.

Security Center alert on every startup - Windows XP SP2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/seccenteralert.htm

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


I run Win XP home SP2, and disabled both the firewall (using the option: "I
have my own firewall..." in the XP security center), and also the firewall
status notification of XP, so it wouldn't tell me every time on startup that
the windows firewall is disabled (which I know and did on purpose).
Unfortunately, XP doesnt seem to save these settings, and on every startup
keeps informing me that the XP firewall is disabled, and also "forgets" the
setting about my own firewall.

Any ideas on how to make XP listen to what the user wants?
Thanks

 

[Jörg Pötzsch]

Thanks. But that is what I keep doing every morning.
I now tried to change the registry entry directly.