computer can't make all the decisions for you and it can't ask you about everything either, so where's the middle ground? With things getting so complex both sides have to let out. Macs are great for artists who know zilch about computers, PCs give you freedom to canibalizing them and build your one of a kind machine for a low price (Linux more than Windows). As things progress there are too many options for any one person to handle and the artists are finding they want more options. So I believe both will grow closer, but remain at arm's length to target differnt types of customers. thanks a lot thomas, you helped clear up a lot of questions with great advice. i tried to go into more detail in this reply, but despite not using any spam or bot talk, the message was blocked. perhaps it will work tomorrow. you can set your security center options to notify and display the icon, or not notify and display icon, and Don't notify but not show the icon Personally I think there should be a Notify but DO NOT show the icon option too... that way you would be notified but then you could ignore it or do something without the constant nag in the bar. If you don't know how to turn this nag off.. Go to your "Start Search" and type in security center -next go to the option on the left side that says "change the way Security Center