Windows Security fighting with Norton

Greetings,
I was using Norton Internet Security 2005 and got several notices that the anti-virus had expired. I prefer to have a CD in hand rather than download in case I ever need to reload, so I went to Office Max and bought Norton Antivirus 2007. Had to uninstall all of 2005 and then install the 2007 version. Fine.

All has been well except that everytime I run Spybot it finds Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled.

When I click on the + sign to expand, it shows Settings HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wcsvc\Start!=W=2

I've read a number of threads in this forum (from 2005/2006). Did Run-->services.msc, found the security center file and it was set to automatic.

Any other ideas?

Everything on my computer seems to be running fine, but I trust Windows Security more than Norton and would prefer to make that the dominant security feature.

Many thanks!

See if post #3 in the following thread helps:

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

Many thanks!!!

what a relief! thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

desertdune:

Question: Did you restore the functionality of Windows Security Center from within Norton and if so were the instructions sufficient and accurate?

Regards,
md usa spybot fan

"Question: Did you restore the functionality of Windows Security Center from within Norton and if so were the instructions sufficient and accurate?"

I followed the directions to open Norton-->options-->select Show messages from Windows Security Center

then I did another SpyBot scan and nothing was noted. Will do a full shut down and restart and scan when my clients quit calling ;-)

desertdune:

Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted to know. Since I don't have Norton and because of the lack of feedback on prior posts, I was never able to verify if those instructions worked property.

md usa spybot fan

instructions perfect!

Hi md,
Just wanted to confirm...after restarting and running my computer for a few days all is well. SpyBot is not giving me the message anymore and everything on my computer is running normally.

thanks, again, for your help!