How to get rid of red shield in SP2??

[jo4re]

Hi All,
I hate the red shield that lurks in my system tray with SP2. I use Sygate and NAV but it still comes up. How do I get rid of it? Any ideas???

Thanks,
Joe

 

[thegorx]

yeah, click on it
on the left menu on the bottom it has the configuration

 

[MrChad]

What versions of Sygate and NAV are you using? Are Automatic Updates enabled?

 

[jo4re]

It worked! Thanks
I am running Sygate 5.6 and NAV has liveupdate so I'm not too worried.

 

[rogue1979]

Control Panel, Adminstrative Tools, Services.

Scroll down to System Security (I think, something like that) and disable it. Reboot and red shield is gone.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: rogue1979
Control Panel, Adminstrative Tools, Services.

Scroll down to System Security (I think, something like that) and disable it. Reboot and red shield is gone.

That's a poor idea. Automatic Updates, Virus Protection and Firewall Protection are all good things. If your software isn't compatible with the SP2 security center hooks, you can configure security center to allow you to manage the protection manually, but there's no need to disable the security service.

 

[rogue1979]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: rogue1979
Control Panel, Adminstrative Tools, Services.

Scroll down to System Security (I think, something like that) and disable it. Reboot and red shield is gone.

That's a poor idea. Automatic Updates, Virus Protection and Firewall Protection are all good things. If your software isn't compatible with the SP2 security center hooks, you can configure security center to allow you to manage the protection manually, but there's no need to disable the security service.

That's it, Security Center. You can disable this service and still use XP default firewall, any virus protection of your choice, and still get updates. You can also turn off automatic updates in the control panel and services, but update manually anytime you need to.
It isn't a poor idea unless you neglect your operating system and don't like to do anything without a reminder.

I have XP Pro configured to run my desktop using 80MB of memory. I can still update, have virus protection, and configure my firewall any way I choose. Not to mention I am behind a firewall in both my cable modem and router.

Just of of curiosity, use your task manager and check your memory usage on a clean reboot at the desktop

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: rogue1979

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: rogue1979
Control Panel, Adminstrative Tools, Services.

Scroll down to System Security (I think, something like that) and disable it. Reboot and red shield is gone.

That's a poor idea. Automatic Updates, Virus Protection and Firewall Protection are all good things. If your software isn't compatible with the SP2 security center hooks, you can configure security center to allow you to manage the protection manually, but there's no need to disable the security service.

That's it, Security Center. You can disable this service and still use XP default firewall, any virus protection of your choice, and still get updates. You can also turn off automatic updates in the control panel and services, but update manually anytime you need to.
It isn't a poor idea unless you neglect your operating system and don't like to do anything without a reminder.

I have XP Pro configured to run my desktop using 80MB of memory. I can still update, have virus protection, and configure my firewall any way I choose. Not to mention I am behind a firewall in both my cable modem and router.

Just of of curiosity, use your task manager and check your memory usage on a clean reboot at the desktop

I'm aware that you can run antivirus and firewall protection without having Security Center enabled. Disabling it is not something I would recommend to a novice user, however.

 

[rogue1979]

Agreed

 

[mikecel79]

I have XP Pro configured to run my desktop using 80MB of memory. I can still update, have virus protection, and configure my firewall any way I choose. Not to mention I am behind a firewall in both my cable modem and router.

Just of of curiosity, use your task manager and check your memory usage on a clean reboot at the desktop

I never understood this. Why have 2GB of memory (as indicated in your rig) and then be proud that XP is only using 80MB of it. What good is all that RAM if your not using it?

 

[DidlySquat]

pwned

 

[jfunk]

Because you want to use all of that RAM for other things besides looking at your wallpaper...

j

Originally posted by: mikecel79

I have XP Pro configured to run my desktop using 80MB of memory. I can still update, have virus protection, and configure my firewall any way I choose. Not to mention I am behind a firewall in both my cable modem and router.

Just of of curiosity, use your task manager and check your memory usage on a clean reboot at the desktop

I never understood this. Why have 2GB of memory (as indicated in your rig) and then be proud that XP is only using 80MB of it. What good is all that RAM if your not using it?

 

[rogue1979]

Originally posted by: jfunk
Because you want to use all of that RAM for other things besides looking at your wallpaper...

j

Originally posted by: mikecel79

I have XP Pro configured to run my desktop using 80MB of memory. I can still update, have virus protection, and configure my firewall any way I choose. Not to mention I am behind a firewall in both my cable modem and router.

Just of of curiosity, use your task manager and check your memory usage on a clean reboot at the desktop

I never understood this. Why have 2GB of memory (as indicated in your rig) and then be proud that XP is only using 80MB of it. What good is all that RAM if your not using it?

Thank you jfunk, always a pleasure to see a poster with intelligence and common sense.

As for Didly and Mike, I can only hope they are keep their posts mature, to the point
and helpful to the thread. Obviously there is some kind of ego problem they are trying to vent on anandtech. I don't think anyone appreciates it, especially the original poster who neither was able to answer his question.

 

[Ronin]

Back on topic.

The first thing I do when doing a WinXP install is disable the Firewall. After doing that (and setting Auto Updates to download and let me know when it's done), I disable the Security Center. I don't need Windows to tell me that I don't have AV installed (which, of course, I do), or that I'm not doing things EXACTLY the way it wants.

I'm aware that you can run antivirus and firewall protection without having Security Center enabled. Disabling it is not something I would recommend to a novice user, however.

Even a novice user knows (well, most of them, anyway) that AV is necessary, and Windows Firewall, by default is inherently a PITA, because of the way it's configured.

I see no problem with recommending disabling the service.

 

[jo4re]

Thanks for the advice. I turned it off anyway. I'm also behind a router and have Sygate for firewall and NAV does a live update daily. I hate a million icons in my system tray which is why I wanted to get rid of it. I'm very in tune with my PC. Although not a novice I am not an expert either but I do know when I should update my sw.