Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Disabling Security Center automatic updates warning in Windows XP

Even when you disable the Windows Automatic Updates in security center, Windows XP prompts you with a warning dialog every time you boot up.

This will disable that warning dialog box.

Add or edit the following registry entry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
Data Type: DWORD
Value Name: UpdatesDisableNotify
Value: 1

The machine would need a reboot for this change to take effect.