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Posted by Jim Watt on April 19, 2007, 3:17 pm
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>Zilbandy wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How can I make the Security Center service available? Suggestions warmly
>>> appreciated.
>>
>> Go to Start / Run / and type 'services.msc' without the quotes and hit
>> enter.
>
>
>Sure the fast way, but it sounds like guru magic (where the hell should a
>user know about "services.msc" from?). The official way is Start, Settings,
>Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services (or Computer Configuration ->
>Services)
>
> > Scroll down right side until you find Security Center. Right
>
>> click on that and choose Properties. Change 'Startup Type' to
>> Automatic, and then click the Start button below.
>
>But without the "OK" or "Apply" button, after the next reboot it will still
>be disabled. :-)
>
>
>Anyway, what the #!&% is the Security Center good for anyway? It just
>introduces unnecessary complexity to the system, which is quite the contrary
>of security - thus one should rather disable it.
>
>And since it normally runs by default but he found it disabled, one should
>take investigation on who disabled it. Such things don't happen magically
>over night, and non-admin users don't have the requires rights to change
>this configuration.
Most users run xp as administrator so shit can happen.
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Jim Watt
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