Windows Security Alerts and the Terminal Services service

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Jerry

Hi all,

Does anybody have any experience with Windows Security Alerts (the red
shield on the system tray) not working if the Terminal Services service isn't
running? I like to have the alerts on just in case something goes wrong such
as my antivirus program doesn't start properly. I was contemplating
disabling the Terminal Services service because I don't believe I need it.
However, when it's disabled and the computer is restarted (to stop the
service), the Windows Security Alerts don't come up. I test the alerts by
turning off Automatic Updates and making sure the Windows Security Alerts are
configured to warn me if Automatic Updates is not on. I do have the Security
Center service set to Automatic, and it is running as expected. I also have
several other services not set to Windows default. However, I can duplicate
this every time by changing the startup mode of Terminal Services and
restarting. The restart is required because once you start Terminal
Services, you can't safely stop it.

If anyone has info related to this, I'd appreciate seeing it.

Thanks,
Jerry
 
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