Enabling security center on domain XP SP2 Workstations

Previous post redirected me to

http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/7/9/879a7b46-5ddb-4a82-b64d-64e791b3c9ae/06_CIF_Maintenance.DOC

The document had a incorrect path for the policy setting to change to enable
SP2 Security Center.

To enable it do the following on your SP2 workstation:

START -> RUN -> gpedit.msc

In Group Policy go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates ->
WINDOWS COMPONENTS (not System as documented) -> Security Center ->
Properties -> Enable.

Hope that helps someone.

Bill
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SoCal Systems Analyst
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This sux!

Hi

On the domain computers I have tried it on, I have no problem enabling
Security Center (using the gpedit.msc procedure locally on each
computer). I would say you have a specific problem on your computer.

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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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I had the same problem. I enabled the "Turn on Security Center"
policy, rebooted and still the Security Center Service would not
start.

Here is how I fixed it.
1. In the registry got to this key...
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT
2. Create a new key named "Security Center" (without the quotes).
3. In this new key create a new DWORD value named
"SecurityCenterInDomain" (without the quotes).
4. Modify the value of this new DWORD value to 1.
5. Start the Security Center service and all should be OK.
6. Start the Security Center control panel applet and you should now
see that the Firewall/Updates/Anti-Virus will now be monitored.

Let me know how this works for you.

SCSA

Hi

I don't know if undocumented is the correct word. This registry value
is created automatically for me when I use the gpedit.msc procedure
to enable the Security Center for a domain computer.

It is very odd that this didn't work for you.

"SoCal Systems Analyst" wrote:

Bill I tried to run gpedit.msc on my laptop at work but I get an error
saying it don't exist. I am on a network at work, does this have to be done
by the administrator elsewhere? I will try to see if this laptop works on my
home network when I get home.

Hi

If this is Windows XP Home, it will not work (because it does not
have gpedit.msc).

If this is Windows XP Pro, it should have worked for you directly,
this does not need to be done by the administrator elsewhere.

If you have WinXP Pro:

That it does not start could mean that you have a problem with
your path definition. Run the FIXPATH.exe program available here
(inside FIXPATH.zip) to fix that (you need to have local
administrator rights though):

http://home.comcast.net/~stewartb/cmdprompt.html#6

Reboot after running the exe file, and try yo run gpedit.msc again.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

torgeir
It is the home edition, so does this part of the upgrade not work for this
version? I tried the work around listed in another post, and that didn't work
either. So is this a useless part of the upgrade for us Home users?

Hi

I'm not sure what your problem is. Do you want to enable or disable
the Security Center on your WinXP Home computer?

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

Yes I want to enable it, (isn't this a good thing to have on?) But for some
reason it won't start. Also since I've updated my computer has slowed way
down when using Excel to open a file on the server. When I look in Task
Manager to see what is taking so long the program Spoolsv.exe is what's
working. Why is this a problem with Excel, when it wasn't before?
Thanks for your help.

Hi

Yes, it is a good thing to have running (but not essential).
Anyway, on a WinXP Home computer, it should just default start up
and run after a SP2 installation, so I guess something have gone
wrong with your installation regarding the Security Center (SC).

1)
How do you try to start the Security Center?
What messages do you get then (if any)?

2)
Check the service that it is enabled:

Start/Run --> services.msc

Find "Security Center" in the list and double click on it.

If the Startup type is not set to Automatic, change it to Automatic.

Can you start/stop the service with the Start/Stop buttons?

Go into the Dependencies tab and check that everything looks good
there. SC is dependent on that the "Remote Procedure Call" (RPC)
and "Windows Management Instrumentation" (WMI) services are
running. Check the status of those services.

I attempt to start it from either Start/Programs/Accesories or from the
Control Panel and I get "The Security Service is unavailable because the
service isn't started or was stopped"

Start/Run --> services.msc

I tried this also and heres what I get:
Could not start Security Center on Local Computer.
Error 1068: The dependency Service or group failed to start.

RPC does start; WMI gives same as above.
when I try to open depencies I get Error Win32: The dependency service or
group failed to start!
Argh!

Hi

See if the tip from Karl B/Melvin Salazar works for you:

<quote>

From: "Karl B" <ka...@gfield.org.uk>
Subject: Possible solution to the windows update 0x800A0046 problem
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:03:39 +0100
Newsgroups: microsoft.private.xpsp2.general

Firstly, I take no credit for this I was going though the network
newsgroup because my dialup network settings had vanished and a guy
named Melvin Salazar suggested the following which WORKED!

'You can also try doing the following, it worked for me:

Go to Services under the Administrative Tools folder.

Notice that the logon account is set to a NT/User account under the RPC
(remote procedure call) service. Change it to Local System account,
under the Logon tab, and restart the computer. Many of these services
depend on the RPC, but there was an error when it came to configuring
this paticular service.'

Now once I made these changes I was able to get my network icons back
as well as use Windows Update.

Thanks
Karl

</quote>

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

Nope didn't work either. Thanks for bearing with me thought. anybody else go
this problem?
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Hi

I'm out of ideas here now. I have not heard about this problem on
WinXP Home before either.

I am seeing this problem. Two notes of interest.

1. I do not think my install completed successfully
(I was installing from the CD). After the restart,
the system froze for a very long period. I finally
gave up and power cycled and it (seemingly) came
up ok. It was only after playing for a while that
I noticed Security Center was not working. I tried
the suggestions from this thread without success.

2. When I attempt to start SC from services.msc, it
fails with a message about not being able to access
a module (I do not have the system in front of me,
so I cannot quote the exact error message). I think
the error code was #126.

3. RPC looked ok. I changed the logon as suggested
but that did not solve the problem.

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I should have mentioned in this post that I am currently at
a loss as to how to fix this problem. SP2 has clearly not
installed correctly (e.g. Security Manager is not
functional) but OTOH most functinality seems ok and the
system implied that installation was successful.

Should I uninstall SP2? Are there any suggestions for
fixing the aforementioned problem with Security Manager/

j

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