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Disable security center warning of the automatic updates.

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.

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 anit-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 automatic updates.

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

Now you can set this value to "1" for disabling the automatic updates warning of the security center. After a restart the changes take effect.

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Disable security center warning of the automatic updates.reg

The ".reg" file can disable the security center warning of the Automatic Updates.

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Enable security center warning of the automatic updates (Default).reg

The ".reg" file can enable the security center warning of the Automatic Updates

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

UpdatesDisableNotify

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 about the Automatic Updates is not displayed in the notification area after the changes.

The warning about the Automatic Updates 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 'UpdatesDisableNotify' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

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

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