Tweak Library – Disable security center warning of the anti-virus scanner.

Tweaks are tricks & hacks for optimizing your system and helps in enhancing & securing your Operating System

All

Home > Security > Disable security center warning of the anti-virus scanner

Disable security center warning of the anti-virus scanner.

In Windows XP(Service Pack 2) the security center will display a warning in the notification area(next to the clock), if the anti-virus scanner is not working correctly. You can disable this warning.

Tweak for : Windows XP

Description:

In Windows XP (Service Pack 2) there's the new feature security center that displays information about the status of your firewall, automatic updates and your anti-virus scanner.

If one of these components is not working, Windows will inform you with a balloon tip in the notification area (next to the clock). You can disable this warning for the anti-virus scanner.

For this go to "Start->Run" and enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create one DWORD value "AntiVirusDisableNotify", if this value is not existing.

Now you can set this value to "1" for disabling the anti-virus scanner warning of the security center. After a restart the changes take effect.

Is your PC slow?
optimize performance with

Advanced System Optimizer 3

Disable security center warning of the anti-virus scanner.reg

The ".reg" file can disable the Security Center warning of the anti-virus scanner.

Download

Enable security center warning of the anti-virus scanner (Default).reg

The ".reg" file can enable the Security Center warning of the anti-virus scanner.

Download

Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

AntiVirusDisableNotify

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The warning regarding the Anti-Virus Scanner is not displayed in the notification area after the changes.

The warning regarding the Anti-Virus Scanner is displayed in the notification area.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center] key, right-click on the 'AntiVirusDisableNotify' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Other Related Tweaks

Disable security center warning of the automatic updates. Category : Security In Windows XP(Service Pack 2) the security center will display a warning in the notification area(next to the clock), if the automatic updates are not configured correctly. You can disable this warning.
Disable locking your computer. Category : Security This setting can disable the "Lock Computer" button when you press down CTRL+ALT+DELETE key combination.
Restricting access to “Properties” of My Computer or “System” in Control Panel (For All Users). Category : Security This setting can hide the “Properties” of My Computer folder and restricts access to “System Properties” dialog box of System in Control Panel.
Hide the tab DFS from Windows Explorer Category : Security This setting enables you to disallow the users to see or modify the settings of the local Distributed File System (DFS) shares.
Login administrator automatically for Recovery Console. Category : Security If this setting is enabled, the recovery console will be started during startup through automatic administrator logon, so you don’t have to enter a password.

Disable security center warning of the automatic updates.

Category : Security

In Windows XP(Service Pack 2) the security center will display a warning in the notification area(next to the clock), if the automatic updates are not configured correctly. You can disable this warning.

Disable locking your computer.

Category : Security

This setting can disable the "Lock Computer" button when you press down CTRL+ALT+DELETE key combination.

Restricting access to “Properties” of My Computer or “System” in Control Panel (For All Users).

Category : Security

This setting can hide the “Properties” of My Computer folder and restricts access to “System Properties” dialog box of System in Control Panel.

Hide the tab DFS from Windows Explorer

Category : Security

This setting enables you to disallow the users to see or modify the settings of the local Distributed File System (DFS) shares.

Category : Security

If this setting is enabled, the recovery console will be started during startup through automatic administrator logon, so you don’t have to enter a password.

Remove spyware infections automatically / manually | Check for file authenticity