Windows Security Alerts does not identify NIS2010

Hi,

I'm running NIS 2010 17.1.0.19 on XP SP3.

 

Until this morning everything went fine. Then I had to do a cold shutdown using the power button (my CPU fan started making noises).

 

Since I rebooted - everything seems fine EXCEPT Windows Security Alerts doesn't recognize NIS. It shows a red shield, indicating that both firewall and antivirus are missing.

 

For the timebeing, I turned Windows Firewall on just-in-case. Any idea on what happened and how I can get Windows to see that NIS is indeed protecting my computer? (Or maybe NIS just seems on, but in fact isn't protecting?)

 

Would appreciate any advice,

Thanks,

Brad