Re: Disabling Windows Firewall Warning

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:21:40 +0200

DaL wrote:

> Checking the box labeled "I have a firewall solution that I'll monitor
> myself" does nothing. Next re-boot, Windows has forgotten this setting. Is
> there a registry key I can change? I've got a hardware firewall (built into
> my LinkSys router) and am running ZoneAlarmPro 5.1.033.000 with its firewall
> enabled. Is there any way to Permanently disable the warning message?
Hi

Have you tried this one:

Control Panel/Security Center, click on the "Change the Way
Security Center Notifies Me" link in the left pane.

If the "Change the Way Security Center Notifies Me" doesn't
stick when you reboot:

Workaround 1:

Start/Run --> services.msc

Find "Security Center" in the list, double click on it, set
"Startup type" to Disabled.

Workaround 2:

howiezows have another way to "fix" this, locking down the permissions
on the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center in
registry.

Take a look here if you still want the Security Center enabled,
and with a setting that survives a reboot:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=479f69ab.0409052109.46282011%40posting.google.com

I'm a bit reluctant to point to this solution to everybody that have
this problem, because locking down permissions on system files and
system registry keys very often comes back to bite you later on in
upgrade situations (and then you have long gone forgot that you did
this change or you fail to see the connection). 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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