{"id":19970,"date":"2014-05-06T18:01:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T10:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19970"},"modified":"2023-08-07T23:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:33:24","slug":"windows-action-center-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-action-center-message\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable and Disable Windows Action Center Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How often do you see this image when you are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-81-tips-tricks\/\">Windows<\/a>? It\u2019s annoying, isn\u2019t it? Every time you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/stop-windows-automatically-restart\/\">restart<\/a> your PC that reminder comes on to nag you.<\/p>\n<p>These messages are <strong>coming from the Action Center<\/strong>. The Action Center helps to scan your PC for security and maintenance issues, and it will alert you if necessary. If you have Windows Defender disabled, you will be repeatedly prompted to \u201cTurn on virus protection\u201d. If you want to <strong>opt-out from receiving messages like this<\/strong>, this is the quick tip you should be reading.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18788 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLike its predecessors, Windows 8 is still vulnerable to attacks that could compromise the system. However, Windows 8...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Turn Action Center Message On or Off<\/h2>\n<p>To begin, start off by searching for <strong>Action Center<\/strong> on Windows 8 Metro search; <strong>click to open it.<\/strong> For Windows 7 users, go to <strong>Control Panel<\/strong> &gt; <strong>System & Security<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Action Center<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-action-center-message\/search-action-center.jpg\" alt=\"Search for action center\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\"><\/figure>\n<p>Next, click on <strong>Change Action Center settings<\/strong> at the left sidebar in the window. You will arrive at the Action Center settings page where you can choose the messages you don\u2019t want to be prompted with.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-action-center-message\/action-center-settings.jpg\" alt=\"Click On Change Action Center settings\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\"><\/figure>\n<p>To turn off Action Center messages, <strong>untick any of the options<\/strong>. If you do not wish to receive any further messages from Action Center, untick all of the options. Once done, click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-action-center-message\/change-action-center-settings.jpg\" alt=\"Change Action Center settings\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Hide Icon and Notifications<\/h2>\n<p>Ultimately, you can also turn off all notifications from Action Center directly from the taskbar icon. To do that, click on the <strong>up arrow button<\/strong> at the taskbar and then click on <strong>Customize<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-action-center-message\/customize.jpg\" alt=\"Click on Customize\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\"><\/figure>\n<p>Next, choose to <strong>Hide icon and notifications<\/strong> under the <strong>Behaviors<\/strong> tab in Action Center. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and you\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-action-center-message\/hide-icon-notifications.jpg\" alt=\"Hide icon and notifications\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often do you see this image when you are on Windows? It\u2019s annoying, isn\u2019t it? Every time you restart your PC that reminder comes on to nag you. 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