re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 12:08 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by xxxxxme (136 messages posted) The little red shield icon can be hidden. It'll still be there, but there won't be any balloon reminders from it. Right-click your taskbar and click properties. Click the customize button, select Windows Security Alerts, pull down the drop-down list, and select "always hide." Ok out. It's still there, just hidden. Written in response to: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (TekNurd: Friday, November 24, 2006 at 9:26 pm) Responses to this message: re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (Deb: Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 1:54 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (TekNurd: Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 9:26 pm) re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (xxxxxme: Sat, Nov 25, 2006, 12:08 am) re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (Deb: Sat, Nov 25, 2006, 1:54 am) re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (xxxxxme: Sun, Nov 26, 2006, 7:16 pm) re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (jbmcmillan: Sat, Nov 25, 2006, 8:35 am) re: Annoying Automatic Update Reminders (Jeff: Sat, Nov 25, 2006, 8:59 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum