Firewall icon

Is there any way that I can get a Microsoft Firewall Icon to appear in one of
the trays? What I would like is to see an Icon that tells me that the
firewall is up and working (something like ZA or Sygate).

My concern is that a few months ago I found that the firewall was off and
Security Center did not tell me it was off (Security Center was off also). I
had to reload the complete system to get these things (and others) working
again - I assume that I had a virus.

I have tried other Firewalls but I like the Windows Firewall the best.
Windows Firewall, WinPatrol Plus, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus (I had been
running AVG) seem to fill my needs. I would feel better if I could get a
positive indication the the Firewall was up and working.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Why not turn Security Center back on? At least it would warn you....

"Jim" <Jim.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E62CF97E-F83D-4956-A678-8395CE7C1095@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way that I can get a Microsoft Firewall Icon to appear in one
> of
> the trays? What I would like is to see an Icon that tells me that the
> firewall is up and working (something like ZA or Sygate).
>
> My concern is that a few months ago I found that the firewall was off and
> Security Center did not tell me it was off (Security Center was off also).
> I
> had to reload the complete system to get these things (and others) working
> again - I assume that I had a virus.
>
> I have tried other Firewalls but I like the Windows Firewall the best.
> Windows Firewall, WinPatrol Plus, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus (I had been
> running AVG) seem to fill my needs. I would feel better if I could get a
> positive indication the the Firewall was up and working.
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.