stop the nag

[ronmatt]

  OK, I got a new HP computer. All I have loaded is CS3 Premium and Artizen. It has Vista Premium as the OS, it came OEM. So far I've managed to strip it down as much as I can..( remove all the trial software it came with ). This computer isn't connected to the internet nor do I want it connected. I use it strictly for Digital photography and my internet connection is on another machine. I want this one 'virus', spam and spyware free. ( sterile ).
So here's the problem... I keep getting this 'NAG' that I don't have an anti-virus program running and my computer's at risk. How do I tell the damn machine that I am not connected to the internet and don't want an anti-virus eating up my resources and to leave me alone????? What do I turn off and where do I find it?
Please......

[Welles]

I know for XP. Maybe it will  be sufficiently similar to Vista?


Click on Start button, then select Control Panel.
Select “Administrator Tools” (if you don’t see it, double click on “Performance and Maintenance” first).
Double click “Services”.
Find and double click on the service named “Security Center”. Alternatively right click on “Security Center”, and select “Properties” on right click menu.
In the “General” tab, beside the “Startup type:”, change the setting from Automatic to “Disabled”. This will permanently disable Security Center forever, even after you reboot and restart the computer system.

[ronmatt]

Thanks Welles, I found the programs I didn't want starting up and/or nagging me and simply renamed them by putting a 'tilde' mark in front of their name ( ~ ). seems to have worked o.k. without removing anything.