Security Center setting won't "stick"

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Clownboat

I have manually told Security Center that I will monitor
my own firewall and also not to alert me about firewall
bullsh!t ever again. However, ever time I restart, I get
a message in the system tray telling me to check the
status of my firewall. I go into Security Center only to
find both the "I'll monitor my own firewall" and "STFU
about Windows firewall" boxes unchecked.

What the hell?
 
While I hate "me too" posts, me too. This is starting to get really
annoying. It's just nice to know that I'm not the only one. I can’t find
anything in the MS website SP2 stuff that mentions this problem.
 
I'm having the same problem. I emailed MS and if I ever
get an answer, I will surely post it.
 
Clownboat said:
I have manually told Security Center that I will monitor
my own firewall and also not to alert me about firewall
bullsh!t ever again. However, ever time I restart, I get
a message in the system tray telling me to check the
status of my firewall. I go into Security Center only to
find both the "I'll monitor my own firewall" and "STFU
about Windows firewall" boxes unchecked.

What the hell?
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Hi

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/...d7-b791-40b6-8364-685b84158c78&DisplayLang=en

Note: WinXPSP2_Documentation.zip contains all the .doc downloads...
 
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