Re: security centre unavailable

From: Peter (Peter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:14:34 -0500

...apart from a repair install 

-- 
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
In memory of MVP,  Alex Nichol
"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:uCk6ddmJFHA.3832@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Weird...did you have SP2 already installed when you bought the PC? Help is 
> supposed to be free if it wasn't. You could try the email approach as per 
> that page...they've helped me in the past.   I asked you the country as I 
> assumed you were in the UK (centre iso center), but it could have been 
> Canada too!!
> Failing that you could join ProNetworks Forums, free, there are a lot of 
> experts there, especially in their Windows Forum...link: 
> http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/  ... but there isn't anything else that 
> I can suggest I'm afraid.
> Sorry, and good luck!
>
> -- 
> Peter.
> Toronto, Canada.
> XP Home SP2.
> P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
> In memory of MVP,  Alex Nichol
> "philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:82C902D2-CEAF-412F-9AA0-A511E1511E3B@microsoft.com...
>> I've tried all you said, but no change. Phoned Microsoft on the Security
>> Centre 'free' phone number, and they want to charge me £50 to look into 
>> it!!
>> There must be another way . . . I hope.
>>
>> I'm in the UK, but the way. Does that make any difference?
>>
>> "Peter" wrote:
>>
>>> Found yet another reference....."Go to the Control Panel, open 
>>> Performance
>>> and Maintenance, open
>>> Adminstrative Tools, open Services. Make sure that the "Security Center" 
>>> and
>>> "Windows Firewall/Intenet Connection Sharing" start up type is set to
>>> Automatic. Reboot your computer and see if they are available"
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Peter.
>>> Toronto, Canada.
>>> XP Home SP2.
>>> P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
>>> In memory of MVP,  Alex Nichol
>>> "philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:17911BF0-AA20-48B1-BE01-CECC32F06874@microsoft.com...
>>> > Hi Peter,
>>> >
>>> > the microsoft link you gave is dead. do you know another way in?
>>> >
>>> > "Peter" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Security Center also has another dependancy in services.msc 
>>> >> Workstation
>>> >> should be started and automatic.
>>> >>
>>> >> -- 
>>> >> Peter.
>>> >> Toronto, Canada.
>>> >> XP Home SP2.
>>> >> P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
>>> >> "philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> >> news:0A6F3C95-6504-4C6A-B266-5D5044C369AD@microsoft.com...
>>> >> > thanks for the reply, Peter.
>>> >> > Interesting. . . I did as you advised, but after rebooting I still
>>> >> > found
>>> >> > Security Centre was Unavailable. So I checked Services.msc again 
>>> >> > and
>>> >> > those
>>> >> > services you mentioned, which I had put to Start, had switched
>>> >> > themselves
>>> >> > off
>>> >> > again. Any idea what's causing that?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "Peter" wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> P.S. Correction ... right click and go to "Properties"
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> -- 
>>> >> >> Peter.
>>> >> >> Toronto, Canada.
>>> >> >> XP Home SP2.
>>> >> >> P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
>>> >> >> "philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> >> >> news:BA476BEE-42B0-4728-A67C-16134D00A412@microsoft.com...
>>> >> >> >a couple of strange things started happening recently. First, 
>>> >> >> >when I
>>> >> >> >start
>>> >> >> >up
>>> >> >> > the pc my taskbar security centre icon tells me my computer is 
>>> >> >> > at
>>> >> >> > risk
>>> >> >> > because automatic updates is switched off (it isn't. I have it 
>>> >> >> > set
>>> >> >> > to
>>> >> >> > automatic download, and as far as I'm aware it's working).
>>> >> >> > Second, when I go to the security centre I'm told its currently
>>> >> >> > unavailable
>>> >> >> > because security centre service has not started or was stopped.
>>> >> >> > Having
>>> >> >> > said
>>> >> >> > that, I can get into firewall, auto updates and internet 
>>> >> >> > options,
>>> >> >> > and
>>> >> >> > everything appears to be okay. Restarting makes no difference.
>>> >> >> > Is it working properly? I don't know. Does anyone know why this 
>>> >> >> > is
>>> >> >> > happening, and what I can do about it? I'm using XP Home with 
>>> >> >> > sp2
>>> >> >> > etc.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > thanks.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

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