How to disable the security Center under windows XP?
Intruduction
Windows security Center is a component that works under Windows XP service pack 2 for providing information about the status of your antivirus software, firewall and Automatic update. Below is an image of a Windows Security Center.
Sometimes, it may become annoying as you receive frequent message in forms of pop-up balloon alerts telling you. Below are two ways that you can choose to stop this disable this feature.
- Disable Alerts
- Turn off Windows Security Center
Disable Alerts
Select Menu
“Start” > “Control Panel” and double-click on the icon security Center.
In the Menu bar “
Resources”, click on “
Change the way Security Center alerts me”. Below image will appear on your screen.
Turn off all alerts by unchecking the cross box. Finally click on “
OK”.
Turn off Windows Security Center
You may choose to turn off the windows security center if you are more than sure your personal firewall is effective.
To do this setting, click on menu “
Start” and select “
Run”.
Then type “
Services.msc” and click on “
Ok”.
Scroll down and double-click on Security Center to open it.
In the Startup type, select “
Disable” and click on “
OK”.
