Windows Security Center. Windows Security Center. The latest effort to make users aware of the security. Windows Security Center (WSC). Service Pack 2. There are a number of ways to. Security Center; all the methods open the Security. Center as shown in Fig. Method One - Click Start > Control Panel >. Security Center. Method Two - Click Start > All Programs >. Download software in the Security category. Windows 9X / Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows 2008 R2 / Windows. Accessories > System Tools > Security Center. Method Three - If the Security Center icon is. Notification Area (by the clock) it can. Security Center. Method Four - If there is an alert balloon. Fig. 0. 1) visible on the desktop, clicking it will open. Security Center. Fig. Security Essentials Section. Enabling file sharing from a Windows 7 to Windows XP/Vista Machines; File sharing between Windows 7 and Vista! I like vista better than windows 7. Web browser security settings, tools and user controls. In many cases, Web browser security falls in the user's hands. You'll need to know not only how to prevent. Fig. 0. 2Security Center Immediately After A Clean Install of Windows. XPIt's important to understand that Security. Center is primarily a monitoring tool. It looks at three. Microsoft has identified as being essential. Based on what the monitoring tools. Security Center provides recommendations a user might. Remote IP Change. Many network administrators need to change a few settings from time to time, especially when you update your network equipment. Windows Security Center. The latest effort to make users aware of the security status of their system is the Windows Security Center (WSC) included in Service. Firewall - Windows XP has. Prior to Service. Pack 2 the firewall was not enabled by default. With the. release of Service Pack 2 the default has been changed. Security. Center. XP with SP2 and as you can see. Automatic Updates - When SP2 is. Automatic Updates (info and screen captures are. SP2 install completes. Because I opted. not to turn on Automatic Updates at that point in the. Security Center now shows that updates. In an effort to get users to. If you're upgrading a current install of. XP to SP2 that already has an anti- virus application. Just. because an anti- virus application is installed it. Security Center will be able to. Security Center knows the anti- virus application is. In some circumstances there will be a. I clicked the. . 0. I have to say that it made me laugh. Somehow. . Maybe it was the use of 'another' when there. At any rate, clicking the . There is one area of the Recommendation. At the bottom there is a. Most third party anti- virus and. Notification. area designed specifically to monitor the programs. For. example, I use Norton Internet Security, a product that. It. places two icons, the green and blue globe and the little. Notification area as shown in. Fig. 0. 6I'm so used to using them that I'm never. If you're comfortable with the. Security Center from monitoring the specific module and. Checking the box. Fig. 0. 7 to a. Not Monitored status. Fig. 0. 7Manage Security Settings Section. Directly below the Security Essentials. Manage Security Settings (Fig. I won't deny that the Security Essentials section. I find is it doesn't make the user fully aware of all. Half. the battle of getting users to tend to their system security. That's where Manage Security Settings. Each item is a link to the property sheet or. The items and. associated links are shown in Table 0. It's much. easier to access the advanced settings by going through the. Manage Security Settings section than by using Control panel. Fig. 0. 8Resources Section. The final part of Security Center is the. Resources section (Fig. It contains a series of links to areas located. The links are. self- explanatory and the only one I want to comment on is. Change the Way Security Center Alerts Me. Obviously one of. Security Center is to provide the. Turning. off the alerts defeats that purpose. It would be better to. Fig. 1. 0Final Thoughts. There are many options available in. Windows Security Center that allow it to be customized. For experienced. users that understand the need for security and tend to. I'll freely admit it's likely to. For users just. setting up their first computer system I think it has. As much criticism as Microsoft has. XP. they have made some improvements in the program and. There. has been a lot of speculation about Microsoft developing. If that ever comes to pass and the application is. XP it would make Security Center even. Bottom line, if you're new to computing. IT person for a. bunch of neighbors and relatives, it's good to know you. Security Center so it looks like this - -- - -- and tell the people to call you if.
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