Disable Action Center via registy key?

[mrquickly]

Hello everybody,

is it possible to disable the Action Center via registry key or change the settings?

I don't want so see the icon in the taskbar anymore but I will applie this to the default user.

Regards,

Thomas

 

[Grimmjow]

Put in the hidden icons
You can change the settings for it, with clicking open action centar>change action centar settings

 

[mrquickly]

Thanks Grimmjow,

but I'd like to have a registry key for that.

I need that for our automatic windows 7 installation.

I thin a better way than to hide would be disabling, if this is possible.

 

[WindowsStar]

I am not positive but I think the old "Security Center" is the "Action Center" in Windows 7. To disable the "Security Center" you need to modify the service start up;

Key = HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc\Start
Value = 00000003
Key Type = REG_DWORD

3 changes it to "Manual"

I hope that helps.

 

[seekermeister]

You could set "Security Center" to manual or disabled in services.msc. That way you could more easily reverse this, if you changed your mind in the future.

EDIT: Doing this will also disable Windows Updates, so you would have to manually check yourself periodically. I've become accustomed to the automatic service, because I have it set to only download and notify me of updates, without installing them until I decide.

 

[WindowsStar]

I posted a Reg key because MrQuickly requested specifically to do it from the registry.

 

[mrquickly]

Thanks guys, but I don't know this will deactivate Windows update too.

We have a WSUS server in our company which deploys the updates but if i understand correctly, these updates won't be installed anymore, right?

 

[mrquickly]

I've found a policy value "User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar -> Remove the Action Center icon"

See here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617162%28WS.10%29.aspx

Does anybody know the regestry key for that?

We only have a 2003 Domain currently and I could not set that via those policies in our AD, because 2003 don't knows this value.

 

[mrquickly]

Unbelivable If found the key.

This one disables the icon:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
 "HideSCAHealth"=dword:00000001

This one enables the icon:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "HideSCAHealth"=dword:00000001

Thanks all for your support

 

[WindowsStar]

I am not positive but I think the old "Security Center" is the "Action Center" in Windows 7. To disable the "Security Center" you need to modify the service start up;

Key = HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc\Start
Value = 00000003
Key Type = REG_DWORD

3 changes it to "Manual"

I hope that helps.

FYI: In Windows XP this does not disable updates. I have had this setting set to Manual for 4 years now with no issues and all updates.

 

[Delphin]

Unbelivable If found the key.

This one disables the icon:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
 "HideSCAHealth"=dword:00000001

This one enables the icon:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "HideSCAHealth"=dword:00000001

Thanks all for your support

The keys you have mentioned is for the current user. and will not have any effect on other users
I believe you have dc?. Through dc you can disable action cente vis group policy for all users

Delphin.