SubscribeXP: Disable Windows Security Center Balloon Messages
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Windows XP Tips |Get rid of those Windows XP balloons that pop-up informing you that your “computer may be at risk”.
Disable the Your computer might be at risk message. It may also be accompanied by one of the following:
No firewall is turned on
Automatic Updates is turned off
Your virus protection is unknown
To get rid of these annoying messages, perform the following steps:
1. Go to START–>SETTINGS and CONTROL PANEL or START–>CONTROL PANEL (depends on your setup)
2. Double click AUTOMATIC UPDATES
3. On the right click CHANGE THE WAY SECURITY CENTER ALERTS ME.
4. Uncheck the boxes that you wish to disable. Uncheck all 3 to prevent this message from coming up at all in the future.
by TechnoMonster, on February 29 2008 @ 7:35 am
XP: Disable Windows Security Center Balloon Messages - this article is incorrect, on XP SP2.
Steps 1 and 4 are correct.
Steps 2 nd 3 are INCORRECT.
They should be:
2. Double click SECURITY CENTER
3. On the left click CHANGE THE WAY SECURITY CENTER ALERTS ME.