[eelein888]

hi
my windows defender failed to initialize a pop up waring came out on startup ,,
it happened after installing sp2 vista in microsoft.com
i tried to unistall it but cant find it in the programs and features in ctrl panel
ive been reading a lot of the forums even at the microsoft webste but still can find the right solution,

any ideas is very much appreciated.
thank you so much

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Disable Windows Defender service.
I've never heard of Defender catching any malware anyway...

Click Start.
In "Start search" type in:
services.msc
Hit Enter.

Scroll down to Windows Defender service.
Right click on it, click Properties, and under Startup type select Disable from drop-down menu.
Restart computer.

[Broni]

Disable Windows Defender service.
I've never heard of Defender catching any malware anyway...

Click Start.
In "Start search" type in:
services.msc
Hit Enter.

Scroll down to Windows Defender service.
Right click on it, click Properties, and under Startup type select Disable from drop-down menu.
Restart computer.

[eelein888]

hi thanks for the help but still it isnt working its still installed in my laptop, i already went in this site http://fixexe.com/ho...ender-in-vista/
but its still the same thing , please help
thanks!

[starjax]

One additional step that Broni left off:

# Go to Start > Run and type msconfig
# Go to Startup tab and uncheck Windows Defender displayed at Startup Item.

You can't actually "uninstall" the software. You can disable the service and prevent it from running at startup. It is an integral component of Vista.

[eelein888]

@starjax,
hi thanks for the help, i already did that before thanks,
i'll post again after i restart ill post what will happen ..

[eelein888]

@broni,@starjax
i had disabled it, restart, then enable it again, then restart , after that its solved!

thanks for the help, really appreciated it!

[Broni]

Nice