For last several days have had the subject item problem. NIS comes up in Sys Tray with a "red-x" -- or doesn't come up at all (in this case, NIS will not execute, in any way, from DT icon or .exe file, etc).
Sometimes, doing a Warm or Cold Restart will bring NIS up in the Sys Tray, with a "green check."
But, on several occassions, even then, History shows Intrusion, etc disabled (even with a "green check" on NIS icon??).
Using the NIS GUI, I manually turn Intrusion Protection OFF (it show to be ON), then use "Fix Now" to turn it back ON. History then shows it OK.
Looking over the full NIS History, in these anomalies, shows Intrusion is initially enabled... then later in start-up, it's turned OFF, as well Firewall, Browser Protection, etc, OFF. Have no idea how or why.
An "Idle Full System Scan," on 27 Jan. 2010, found only "cookies."
Appreciate any ideas on all this.
[Toshiba laptop, Win XP SP3; all LU auto/"Pulse Updates" -- plus manually, as needed.]
Robby