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Windows XP Pro SP1
Updated to SP2
Is the Windows Security Alerts icon only supposed appear in the system tray
if there is a problem, or is it supposed to be there all the time? It does
not show in the taskbar unless I turn off my firewall or turn off automatic
updates. Then it pops on and gives me an alert.
If I turn off my antivirus, it does not give me an alert. Isn't it supposed
to? I tried disabling as many parts of my antivirus program as I could find
in MSCONFIG and restarted the computer without antivirus protection to see
if an alert would come up. It did not. Either I didn't disable everything,
or there is a problem with security alerts for antivirus protection.
Before I had antivirus installed, the alert used to pop up all the time in
the taskbar. I may have clicked Recommendations and told it not to monitor
antivirus at one time. But the Recommendations button is no longer available
now that I have antivirus installed. How do I undo that setting if that's
the problem? If that's not the problem, I must have changed an advanced
setting somewhere else when exploring all the complicated advanced settings
that XP Pro has to offer. They are all so Greek to me that I just remember
looking at them and don't recall actually changing anything, but it's
possible that I did.
The Security Center in Control Panel shows the following:
FIREWALL: On
ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall is currently on.
AUTOMATIC UPDATES: On
Automatic Updates is set to the recommended setting.
VIRUS PROTECTION: On
eTrust EZ Antivirus reports that it is up to date and virus scanning is on.
Windows Firewall: Off (because ZoneAlarm firewall is on)
Alert Settings: Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection are all
checked.
Virus, trojan, and spyware scans are all negative. Windows Updates are all
up-to-date. Computer is part of a workgroup, not a domain. Three user
accounts. I have visited the Security Help & Support for Home Users site and
the Microsoft Knowledge Base, but did not find an answer to this.
Windows XP Pro SP1
Updated to SP2
Is the Windows Security Alerts icon only supposed appear in the system tray
if there is a problem, or is it supposed to be there all the time? It does
not show in the taskbar unless I turn off my firewall or turn off automatic
updates. Then it pops on and gives me an alert.
If I turn off my antivirus, it does not give me an alert. Isn't it supposed
to? I tried disabling as many parts of my antivirus program as I could find
in MSCONFIG and restarted the computer without antivirus protection to see
if an alert would come up. It did not. Either I didn't disable everything,
or there is a problem with security alerts for antivirus protection.
Before I had antivirus installed, the alert used to pop up all the time in
the taskbar. I may have clicked Recommendations and told it not to monitor
antivirus at one time. But the Recommendations button is no longer available
now that I have antivirus installed. How do I undo that setting if that's
the problem? If that's not the problem, I must have changed an advanced
setting somewhere else when exploring all the complicated advanced settings
that XP Pro has to offer. They are all so Greek to me that I just remember
looking at them and don't recall actually changing anything, but it's
possible that I did.
The Security Center in Control Panel shows the following:
FIREWALL: On
ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall is currently on.
AUTOMATIC UPDATES: On
Automatic Updates is set to the recommended setting.
VIRUS PROTECTION: On
eTrust EZ Antivirus reports that it is up to date and virus scanning is on.
Windows Firewall: Off (because ZoneAlarm firewall is on)
Alert Settings: Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection are all
checked.
Virus, trojan, and spyware scans are all negative. Windows Updates are all
up-to-date. Computer is part of a workgroup, not a domain. Three user
accounts. I have visited the Security Help & Support for Home Users site and
the Microsoft Knowledge Base, but did not find an answer to this.