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Security Center

Default Description:

Monitors system security settings and configurations.

Additional Information:

This service monitors the status of Automatic Updates, Windows Firewall and virus protection software. It is always displayed in the system tray as to the status of these particular functions. If you do not want the Security Center to monitor these functions for you, disabling this service is not enough. After rebooting the system, this service will again be placed into Automatic and started. While the service is in the started state, go to Start > Control Panel > Security Center and select the link on the left hand side labeled "Change the way Security Center alerts me." In the resulting dialog box, uncheck Firewall, Automatic Update and Virus Protection. After that step is complete, you may place the Security Center service in disabled and it will not start again or continue to be displayed in the system tray after a reboot. This does not, however, disable any of the three protections, it only disables Security Center.

Defaults Startup Type:

Default XP Home: Automatic
Default XP MCE 2005: Automatic
Default XP Pro: Automatic
Default XP Pro x64: Automatic
Default XP Tablet PC 2005: Automatic

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Automatic

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): wscsvc

Display Name: Security Center

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Log On As:

Account: Local System Account

Dependencies:

What service Security Center needs to function properly:

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Windows Management Instrumentation
  • Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

What other service require Security Center to function properly:

• None

Default Registry Entries:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc]
"Type"=dword:00000020
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"DisplayName"="Security Center"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,00,70,00,63,00,53,00,73,00,00,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,\
6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,00,00,00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="Monitors system security settings and configurations."

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