Re: SP2 firewall

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/17/04


Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:50:23 -0700

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your assistance!

>-----Original Message-----
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>
>> I installed SP2 and I turned off Windows firewall
>> indicating that I was using my own (ZoneAlarm). The
>> security center turned amber.
>>
>> But it doesn't hold this setting and every time I boot
up
>> I get a red warning that my computer is not protected
>> because the firewall was turned off. This is very
>> annoying.
>>
>> Do you know how I can make the security center hold its
>> setting that I am being monitored by ZoneAlarm?
>Hi
>
>Have you tried the "Change the Way Security Center
Notifies Me" link
>in the left pane at Control Panel/Security Center?
>
>
>If the "Change the Way Security Center Notifies Me"
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/details.aspx?
FamilyID=7bd948d7-b791-40b6-8364-
685b84158c78&DisplayLang=en
>
>Note: WinXPSP2_Documentation.zip contains all the .doc
downloads...
>
>
>--
>torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
>Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
>the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
>.
>



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