Getting rid of Security Center in Vista

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I hated Security center when I got vista...did a little research and the following steps will rid you of those very annoying pop ups security center generates...I've had no trouble after the changes...I use symantec endpoint protection anyway,which is way better...any way here's how: Administrator account has to be used to do this:
To activate Administrator account in Vista type the following from the command prompt,in the root directory...C:\

Net user administrator /active:yes
To turn it off again type:
Net user administrator /active:no

once you activate the administrator account...boot into safe mode...log on with administrator account,then go to windows\system 32 and rename
the following files:
wscapi.dll
wscsvc.dll
wscui.cpl

Change them to the following:
wscapi.dll.bak
wscsvc.dll.bak
wscui.cpl.bak

and reboot...and you'll never see another Security Center pop up...


This is intended for those who want to get it rid of and find it as annoying as I did...
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use symantec endpoint protection
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That's your biggest security issue right there. Symantec products are useless...
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Then why do fortune 500 companys use them??..It catches more than anything I've tried in the past...like Panda,McAfee,trend micro PC-Cillin,norton internet security AVG Pro,avast,etc...its caught things all the above have missed,so I'll stick with it.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's your biggest security issue right there. Symantec products are useless...
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I wouldn't actually call Symantec products 'useless' - more an annoyance. ;)
Usefull when you're using them but a pain in the butt when you wanna remove them from your system.....
They dig themselves so deep into your system that, some times (not every time) you have to re-install your OS to completely get rid of the application.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's your biggest security issue right there. Symantec products are useless...


I wouldn't actually call Symantec products 'useless' - more an annoyance.
Usefull when you're using them but a pain in the butt when you wanna remove them from your system.....
They dig themselves so deep into your system that, some times (not every time) you have to re-install your OS to completely get rid of the application.


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I use Your Uninstaller Pro and it gets rid of every last trace of any given program on the system....and as for Symantec Endpoint,don't even know its there till it blocks or detects something...other than that the only indication its there is a tray icon...
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bloody symantec antivirus GRRRRRRRRRR,it's the only app i know that can break itself on a regular automated scheduled basis..lol..well ! apart from xp on the odd occasion,however norton firewalls pretty good but then again so is xp's
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I echo Snowmans very words.

Symantec products...IMO... are awful.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I completely turned off the EAC and I still need permission to create new folders in certain places.

I don't have privileges to change security attributes and other things like that.

It's really driving me nuts.

How do I get full, total control of this machine?????