Security Center - Control Panel opens on first login...

Hi Steven,

I suppose I misused the word "compromised". I was referring to the
functionality of the components that are monitored by the Security
Center. If I disable the service (wscsvc) then users will no longer
receive notifications re: WU/AU, AV, etc. It would preferable to leave
the Security Center active so users will at least receive a
notification should the *functionality* of one of the monitored
services (AV, WU/AU or WF) be compromised (not necessarily by an
attack... software does occasionally "break"), and a failure on one of
those components does increase exposure. I hope that clears it up...

As for my initial question, i'm still searching. I just don't want
every user seeing the near full screen Security Center control panel
on first login.

On Feb 1, 9:33 pm, "Steven L Umbach" <n....TakeThisOut@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net>
wrote:
> I don't know the direct answer for your question but Security Center will
> not necessarily warn a user if their computer has been compromised. It will
> just warn them if the Windows Firewall is not active, they have no AV, etc.
> Also if the computer is compromised the attack could easily disable Security
> Center anyhow so not seeing it could give a false sense of security.
>
> Steve
>
> "kick" <dafo....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1170264798.496206.133470@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>
> > I'm looking for a means of disabling execution of the Security Center
> > control panel on the first login for each user post update to SP2. I'm
> > well versed in controlling the notifications via registry and
> > disabling the wscsvc service entirely, but that's not what i'm after.
> > I want the Security Center to remain active so that users will receive
> > notifications should their PC be compromised for any reason... I just
> > don't want them seeing the control panel on their first login.
>
> > Any thoughts? I've scanned the microsoft.public.windowsxp.* forums and
> > didn't come up with much...
>
> > Thanks.
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I understand. Hope you find a way to do what you want. You might post in the
customize newsgroup also. Offhand I don't know of a way to do it via
registry edit or with Group Policy.

Steve


"kick" <dafoe.j.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1170428166.763065.292360@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Steven,
>
> I suppose I misused the word "compromised". I was referring to the
> functionality of the components that are monitored by the Security
> Center. If I disable the service (wscsvc) then users will no longer
> receive notifications re: WU/AU, AV, etc. It would preferable to leave
> the Security Center active so users will at least receive a
> notification should the *functionality* of one of the monitored
> services (AV, WU/AU or WF) be compromised (not necessarily by an
> attack... software does occasionally "break"), and a failure on one of
> those components does increase exposure. I hope that clears it up...
>
> As for my initial question, i'm still searching. I just don't want
> every user seeing the near full screen Security Center control panel
> on first login.
>
> On Feb 1, 9:33 pm, "Steven L Umbach" <n....RemoveThis@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> I don't know the direct answer for your question but Security Center will
>> not necessarily warn a user if their computer has been compromised. It
>> will
>> just warn them if the Windows Firewall is not active, they have no AV,
>> etc.
>> Also if the computer is compromised the attack could easily disable
>> Security
>> Center anyhow so not seeing it could give a false sense of security.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> "kick" <dafo....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1170264798.496206.133470@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > I'm looking for a means of disabling execution of the Security Center
>> > control panel on the first login for each user post update to SP2. I'm
>> > well versed in controlling the notifications via registry and
>> > disabling the wscsvc service entirely, but that's not what i'm after.
>> > I want the Security Center to remain active so that users will receive
>> > notifications should their PC be compromised for any reason... I just
>> > don't want them seeing the control panel on their first login.
>>
>> > Any thoughts? I've scanned the microsoft.public.windowsxp.* forums and
>> > didn't come up with much...
>>
>> > Thanks.
>
>
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