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Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials
  1. #1


    DRAGON.SLAYED Guest

    Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials

    It seems once Microsoft Essentials is installed on Windows Vista Basic, that
    it turns off or enables Window Defender? Windows Defender is no longer
    needed, it would have been nice if this information was made available either
    on the Windows Defender or Mission Essentials Homepage. Would have cleared up
    alot of the confusion about the compatiability of Windows Defender and
    Mission Essentials. It seems the answer to the problem is very simple either
    run Windows Defender or Mission Essential but not both at the same time!!!
    Is this correct???

    Respectfully,
    Dragon.slayed.....



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  2. #2


    Dotnetrix Guest

    Re: Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials

    This is not a .net programming question and is, therefore, off topic here,
    but to answer your question: Yes you should only run one antimalware product
    (of the same type) in order to stop multiple antimalware services from
    accessing the same file at the same time and impacting on the response of
    your system.

    "DRAGON.SLAYED" <dragon.slayed@newsgroup> wrote in message
    news:41EB1E2D-DE3A-44A9-AC1E-2143ADE9E37B@newsgroup

    > It seems once Microsoft Essentials is installed on Windows Vista Basic,
    > that
    > it turns off or enables Window Defender? Windows Defender is no longer
    > needed, it would have been nice if this information was made available
    > either
    > on the Windows Defender or Mission Essentials Homepage. Would have cleared
    > up
    > alot of the confusion about the compatiability of Windows Defender and
    > Mission Essentials. It seems the answer to the problem is very simple
    > either
    > run Windows Defender or Mission Essential but not both at the same time!!!
    > Is this correct???
    >
    > Respectfully,
    > Dragon.slayed.....

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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