I am a huge fan of Windows Home Server (WHS). It is one of the finest implementations for a home server that takes care of business. I won’t repeat what I think of it here because I have written plenty of posts about WHS on this blog (Windows Home Server and WHS tags).
The reason I am writing this posting is to provide a solution to everyone out there who are using a combination of Windows 7 and Windows Home Server on their networks.
Ever since Windows 7 entered this house, and yes it was an authorized entry, I have always gotten a brief alert as our computers boot up that indicates there is no Spyware Protection installed on the computer. The alert looks like this:
The red icon is the WHS Systray icon that is usually green. Now as soon as I clear this alert, and yes I have Spyware Protection installed on all of my computers, the WHS icon goes green and I never hear a peep out of it again about no spyware protection being installed. That is until I reboot the computer and then it happens all over again.
Now I have just accepted this as a quirk and was not worried because I know my systems are protected. However, being the tweaker and geek I am I can not stand to have something out of place so this has always bugged me in the back of my head.
Well it will not bug me anymore thanks to a tip from William Crawford.
Just type services.msc into your Start Menu search box and hit return when you get this program link:
That in turn will open up the Services Applet and you will need to find the service named Security Center:
Double Click the Security Center entry and you will get the Security Center services window:
Now, right in the middle of the page is a drop down menu labeled Startup type: This is set to Automatic (Delayed Start) by default. Click on the drop down menu and change it to Automatic:
Click OK to save your changes and then exit out of the services application window. Your now done – no reboot required.
That is unless of course you want to test the lack of a false indication about Spyware Protection not being installed 
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Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.
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Thanks! Never seems to happen on my Desktop or Laptop machines, but I have a couple Win7 VMs that does this and it drives me nuts. Never thought to look at the service though. Great job!
lol, this always bugged me to, thanks for the solution!
Thanks! That was driving me nuts too! I just told WHS not to notify me of those problems, but this is a much better work around.
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