Re: Ping [MSFT] & MVPs - Security Center Question

From: MowGreen [MVP] (mowgreen_at_nowandzen.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:21:06 -0700

Joe 727,

Simple solution : Put a shortcut on the Desktop to the Security
Center applet located in the Control Panel.

MowGreen [MVP]
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Joe727 wrote:

> Is there some reason why Microsoft didn't have the Security Center Icon
> automatically created on the desktop? I just cleaned up a neighbor's XP
> Home PC that's only a few months old. They are on dial-up and had numerous
> viruses and a couple of backdoor trojans.
>
> Not one critical XP SP1 update was installed. I used their restore disks
> and then loaded SP 2 onto their computer, then showed them the Security
> Center and placed the icon on the desktop. I told them they should check
> the status of their Automatic Updates, Firewall and Anti-virus program once
> a week.
>
> It seems the Security Center is ideal for noobs, and yet, most noobs
> wouldn't be able to even find it. Can this be addressed in the next patch
> on Windows Update?
>
> Thanks
> Joe
>
>

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