Remove Keep Your Computer Up To Date Icon
There are few icons which come along with installation of windows xp, to take a permanent seat in your system tray, which are as a matter of fact not required there. You should try and keep your system tray clean with least number of icons there, only the ones that are required at startup like your antivirus and firewall and two or three more, as per your requirement and choice.
Now there is one which keeps reminding you to keep your computer up to date, and it usually pops up every now and then on your system tray if you dont wish to update your windows regularly.
To remove this yellow icon from your system tray, click on it once and a new window titled, "Automatic Updates" would open up. Click on the button "More Options" at the bottom of the window.
In the "Automatic Updates - Help Protect your PC" you would notice you have a choice of four options to choose from:
1. Automatic (recommended)
2. Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them.
3. Notify me, but don't automatically download or install them.
4. Turn off automatic updates.
You need to select and click on the 4th option from there: Turn off automatic updates. Followed by clicking on "Apply" button and then on "OK".
Finally the icon vanishes from your system tray!
Now there is one which keeps reminding you to keep your computer up to date, and it usually pops up every now and then on your system tray if you dont wish to update your windows regularly.
To remove this yellow icon from your system tray, click on it once and a new window titled, "Automatic Updates" would open up. Click on the button "More Options" at the bottom of the window.
In the "Automatic Updates - Help Protect your PC" you would notice you have a choice of four options to choose from:
1. Automatic (recommended)
2. Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them.
3. Notify me, but don't automatically download or install them.
4. Turn off automatic updates.
You need to select and click on the 4th option from there: Turn off automatic updates. Followed by clicking on "Apply" button and then on "OK".
Finally the icon vanishes from your system tray!
Disabling Security Center from within Services!
Illustrated below is a method to disable security centre. You need to start with clicking of start button on your task bar and when the window pops up, click on the Run.
In the Run dialogue box type: ‘services.msc’ (without the quotes)
In the services window scroll down the list until you come to Security Center (later on u can do the same for automatic updates too in the list).
Double Click on the Security Center option. The Security Center properties window will open. In the Start Type dialogue box it should read ‘Automatic’.
From the drop down menu select Disable. Click the Apply button followed by OK to Exit the Security Center Properties Window. Finally Exit Services msc.
Remove Windows Security Alert Icon on System Tray!
Wish to remove that windows security alert icon on system tray, especially if you have turned off the automatic updates and it keeps giving you a security alert, everytime you boot ur pc and clutters up your system tray, when it is not needed there! Here's how you need to go about it..
1. Click the Start button and From the Start menu select Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel click the Security Center Icon.
3. The security Center window will now open. On the left of the window you will see a list of options. Click on the Change the way security Center alerts me option.
4. In the Security Center Alert settings windows you have three options: * Firewall * Auto Updates * Virus Protection Remove the check mark from the option you do not want to be alerted of (I have removed all three) and then Click OK
The icon from your system tray finally goes to rest in peace!!
1. Click the Start button and From the Start menu select Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel click the Security Center Icon.
3. The security Center window will now open. On the left of the window you will see a list of options. Click on the Change the way security Center alerts me option.
4. In the Security Center Alert settings windows you have three options: * Firewall * Auto Updates * Virus Protection Remove the check mark from the option you do not want to be alerted of (I have removed all three) and then Click OK
The icon from your system tray finally goes to rest in peace!!
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