Re Installing Windows Defender
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From: Mike van der Merwe on 8 Apr 2010 05:34 Hi! I am trying to re install Windows Defender But each time I try to I get a message saying "unable to install because Microsoft Client Protection is ON please remove same an run installer again" I have uninstalled Windows Defender using Add and Remove Also did a search in My Computer and Registry nothing found How do I install Windows Defender ThanX
From: Unknown on 8 Apr 2010 12:50 Do not install Windows Defender-----Instead install MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) Read about it at MS. "Mike van der Merwe" <michaelvdm(a)telkomsa.net> wrote in message news:2-adnek3lrK_PiDWnZ2dnUVZ7sydnZ2d(a)saix.net... > Hi! > > I am trying to re install Windows Defender > But each time I try to I get a message saying > > "unable to install because Microsoft Client Protection is ON please remove > same an run installer again" > > I have uninstalled Windows Defender using Add and Remove > > Also did a search in My Computer and Registry nothing found > > How do I install Windows Defender > > ThanX > > > > >
From: RobF on 9 Apr 2010 10:32 MS "recommends" uninstallation of all A/V and spyware detection apps. But, is Win Defender useable if I keep Avast and my several anti spyware apps? -- RobF "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message news:%239KVBwz1KHA.264(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... | | Do not install Windows Defender-----Instead install MSE (Microsoft Security | Essentials) | Read about it at MS. | "Mike van der Merwe" <michaelvdm(a)telkomsa.net> wrote in message | news:2-adnek3lrK_PiDWnZ2dnUVZ7sydnZ2d(a)saix.net... | > Hi! | > | > I am trying to re install Windows Defender | > But each time I try to I get a message saying | > | > "unable to install because Microsoft Client Protection is ON please remove | > same an run installer again" | > | > I have uninstalled Windows Defender using Add and Remove | > | > Also did a search in My Computer and Registry nothing found | > | > How do I install Windows Defender | > | > ThanX | > | > | > | > | > | |
From: Unknown on 9 Apr 2010 13:23 Windows Defender is replaced by MSE. "RobF" <who(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:vUGvn.37110$u62.24606(a)newsfe10.iad... > MS "recommends" uninstallation of all A/V and spyware detection apps. > But, > is Win Defender useable if I keep Avast and my several anti spyware apps? > -- > RobF > > "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message > news:%239KVBwz1KHA.264(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > | > | Do not install Windows Defender-----Instead install MSE (Microsoft > Security > | Essentials) > | Read about it at MS. > | "Mike van der Merwe" <michaelvdm(a)telkomsa.net> wrote in message > | news:2-adnek3lrK_PiDWnZ2dnUVZ7sydnZ2d(a)saix.net... > | > Hi! > | > > | > I am trying to re install Windows Defender > | > But each time I try to I get a message saying > | > > | > "unable to install because Microsoft Client Protection is ON please > remove > | > same an run installer again" > | > > | > I have uninstalled Windows Defender using Add and Remove > | > > | > Also did a search in My Computer and Registry nothing found > | > > | > How do I install Windows Defender > | > > | > ThanX > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > | > >
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 9 Apr 2010 13:54
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:32:59 -0500, "RobF" <who(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > MS "recommends" uninstallation of all A/V and spyware detection apps. Perhaps while installation of Defender is occurring. But put them back afterward. Defender is not an anti-virus program and you don't want to be without an anti-virus program. > But, > is Win Defender useable if I keep Avast and my several anti spyware apps? Yes, definitely. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |