Security Center Disabled?

[craftiegracie]

Hi!

I'm not sure where to put this. . .I've looked around and saw that someone thought the following message was a false positive -->

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled
settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc\Start!=W=2

I've checked and my firewall is on and allows exceptions. I don't know what else to check. My computer has been running slow (especially when using FireFox) for the past few days. I'm worried I picked up something from Facebook which I also just recently joined. I also updated my host file after the computer starting running slow thinking that maybe the ads were the problem with FireFox. Every time I run spybot, the message above appears. Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Gracie

[md usa spybot fan]

That detection is not a false positive. The detection indicates that the starting of the Windows Security Center is not set to automatic so that Windows Security Center will not start when you start your system.

There may be an explanation, however it is not normal.

If you go to Start > Run > type "services.msc" (no quotes) in the Open box > and then click OK the windows Services application will start. If you scroll down in the right pane until you see Security Center and either double click on Security Center or right click on Security Center and choose Properties from the context menu, the Security Center Properties window will open. You will note that:

• The Startup type is Disabled (it is normally Automatic).
• The Services Status is Stopped (it is normally Started).

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If you run McAfee or Norton products, please read post #3 in the following thread:

• I need some help with Microsoft windows securitycenter_disabled
  http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=13399

Otherwise, if you did not intentionally disable the starting of the Windows Security Center, I suggest that fix the Spybot detection and try to determine the cause of why Windows Security Center was disabled.

[craftiegracie]

Thank you! I have done the fix that spybot offers every time I run it - and it keeps going back. I went in to fix it the way you said and when I tried to change the service status it said:

Could not start the Security Center service on Local Computer.

Error 123:The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

What file is it referring to? Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thank you. Gracie

[md usa spybot fan]

craftiegracie:

What OS are you running?

If Windows XP SP2, there is a fix published here for Windows XP SP2:

• Error 1083 while attempting to start the Security Center service in Windows XP SP2
  http://windowsxp.mvps.org/wscsvcfix.htm
  
  Note: The fix also indicates it's for:
  
  • Could not start the Security Center service on Local Computer.
    Error 123: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Please note that I have never personally encountered this problem, so I am not familiar with the fix suggested above. However, from past experience that site generally publishes reliable information for fixing problems.