Change The Way The Security Center In XP SP2 Alerts You
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Service Pack 2 for XP focuses on security and adds new security related features and enhancements. It is designed to help you protect your computer and one of the ways in which it accomplishes this is by monitoring specific settings on your computers such as automatic updates, firewall, and virus protection.
Microsoft recommends that you turn on automatic updates. However, in some instances, you may need to turn it off and perform manually updates instead. For example, if you use a dial up connection, you may opt to check the Windows Update Web site on your own for updates (of course, you have to make sure you do this on a regular basis). If you disable Automatic Updates, your computer will remind you each time it boots that your computer may be at risk. You can change the way your computer alerts you using the following steps:
- Click Start and click Control Panel.
- Double click the Security Center applet.
- Under the list of Resources, click Change the way Security Center alerts me.
- Remove the check beside the Automatic Updates option.
XP SP2 will no longer alert you that the Automatic Updates option is disabled.
7 Comments
terry
November 26th, 2006
at 7:58am
I cannot start security centre. I get message error3 each time. I have tried auto and manual. any ideas?
Hollie
May 14th, 2007
at 5:16pm
Thank you so much. I didn’t think this tip would work, and it not only worked but worked immediately without even rebooting. I appreciate it. :)
Don Bragg
July 1st, 2007
at 8:10am
When I go in to change the way security center alerts me, this option is gray and it will not let me choose it. What’s my problem?
Ben
July 24th, 2007
at 7:22am
I have the same problem as Don Bragg. We have multiple machines in my department used for image capture purposes. Only 1 of 8 is grayed out, and technically all images should be the same. Why does the spot get grayed out?
Ben
July 25th, 2007
at 1:28pm
I was able to click on the “Change the Way Security Center Alerts me” after I removed the machine from the domain and logged in as the local administrator. I was not able to do it by simply logging in locally. So if you are on a domain Don, try removing your machine from the domain and logging in locally.
Angas Thomas
September 17th, 2007
at 1:06pm
“Great Tip” I bet there are heaps of people out there who are just as happy as I am, Yours Sincerely AWT…
ias
September 1st, 2008
at 4:19am
i am not able to make changes in the windows security center
in the resourses the below option given i.e.Change the Way Security Center Alerts me” it is showing disabled how can i make it enable