windows defender does not turn on

sharma88 wrote:> windows defender does not turn on Have you installed another security application, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, that would have automatically turned off Defender as being redundant?-- Bruce ChambersHelp us help you:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin FranklinMany people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand RussellThe philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.~ Denis Diderot

This issue can occur if Windows Defender is not disabled by MSE. In fact, it should be disabled during installation on two of the five setups of MSE. To do that, just click on the start orb, type services and hit enter. You then scroll down the list of services to Windows Defender, right-click and choose properties. Once inside the dialog box, choose stop and then disable. It will then no longer start up on boot. For MSE related issue, you can also post it to the following MSE forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/msestart/threadsSean Zhu - MSFT