RFE

As of 25th August, 2004, I am unable to get the RSS feeds from msfn. In IE, it reads: Source: http://www.msfn.org/modules.php?modname=backend&action=rdf The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference to undefined entity 'Acirc'. Error processing resource 'http://www.msfn.org/modules.php?modname=backend&action=rd... <title>1Mbit access for £18 ($32) a month</title> -----------------------------^ And in Trillian, no topic gets listed under the channel. It's totally empty. So, something is wrong there.

@oioldman This will turn off the notification, but the service will still start and take system resources. I have played with it enough to see how much can it protect your system. To me, its nothing but a small piece of crap for: 1. Promoting Antivirus software market, they call it partnership. 2. Nagging users continuously to use Automatic Update. SysAdmins know how bothering this is. @Radimus In fact, sc.exe does the same thing with safety.

Control and Configure Windows Security Center Even if you know that your computer is safe, Security Center keeps popping up balloon messages that you are not protected. So, now you need to do something, right? All you have to do is to set the startup type of wscsvc (Security Center) service to manual. You can do it either from services.msc or entering command in the command console (run: cmd). CONSOLE COMMANDS Set auto start: sc config wscsvc start= auto Set manual start: sc config wscsvc start= demand Disable completely: sc config wscsvc start= disabled Stop for this session: sc stop wscsvc Start for this session: sc start wscsvc NOTE: All these commands can be entered directly into the Run (Start Menu > Run) dialog. Command prompt (Start Menu > Run > cmd) can also be used to see the result returned by sc.exe.

Do a fresh install using a slipstreamed WinXP SP2 CD. Nothing else is going to solve your problem if I am not wrong.