Disabling security alerts under Vista

Last update on January 11, 2009 10:21 AM by jak58
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Disabling security alerts under Vista







If you are annoyed by the multiple Security Alert message, you can specify in which cases these messages will appear. The trick requires a modification of the registry, then it would be wise to save it before any modification.
  • Open the Registry Editor.
  • Open successively the following branches: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center.
  • Modify one or more of these values (as required) by double clicking on it, and putting 0 to enable the value and 1 to disable it.


If the value does not exist, just create it (right-click an empty slot on the right window> New> DWORD (32bits)).
    • AntiSpyWareDisableNotify: alert the absence of an anti-spyware and malicious programs.
    • AntiVirusDisableNotify: alert the absence of a virus.
    • AutoUpdateDisableNotify: alert disabling automatic updates.
    • FirewallDisableNotify: alert the absence of a firewall.
    • InternetSettingsDisableNotify: alert settings for Internet security.
    • UacDisableNotify: Alert disable UAC (User Account Control).


Simply close and reopen the session for the changes to take effect.
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