Remove Security Alert Icon In The Vista Operating System

Microsoft included the Security Center as a default program in the Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. But in Windows 7, instead of the Security center, you can see the action center.

The security Center suite is basically a system protection and management tool that allows Vista users to monitor system updates, antivirus and firewall program. By default, the Security Center alert Icon appears on the task bar, whenever your system needs an update. The Security Center was meant to help users to defend their computers from spyware or threats, and to manage their systems safely. Moreover, alerts pop up if any application fails to work properly.

In the Windows Vista operating system, the security center has a separate section for malware protection, firewall, automatic updates, etc, so users can easily choose the particular section they want to modify. If the security center detects any imperfections in the configuration settings of any application installed on your system, it will inform you about the detection, by displaying a yell icon in the notification area of the task bar.

Although security center serves well, many users wish to disable the default security notifications, since they already have some third party antivirus software installed on their system, to avail extra protection against new viruses and threats. Go through the below instructions from the Windows Vista Help panel, for disabling default security alerts from Security Center.

Instructions

• Click the Start button to bring up the Start menu. Now select Control Panel from the Start menu.
• Then you have to select the Security options, and from the drop down list thus shown, select the Security centre option.
• Provide the username and the password of the administrator account when prompted. When done, trigger the OK button to open the Windows Vista Security Center.
• To disable the default Windows notifications, select Change the way security center alerts me option. This brings up a new dialogue box.
• Next, you have to select the Don’t notify me and don’t display the icon option to disable the default windows alerts.
• Once you finish the above step, hit the OK button to bring on the changes that you have made.

Hope these instructions from the Windows Vista Help team will be very useful to you in disabling the default notifications and alerts in the Windows Vista Operating system.