Turning Off Windows Defender

I installed third party spyware and have truned off Windows Defender, so I
thought.
I've unchecked all in Tools/Options:
Unchecked all in Automatic Scanning, all in Real-Time Protection, all in
Advanced
Options and all in Administrator Options. Anything I'm missing?
But according to System Configuration Windows Defender loads at startup.

Anyway to prevent Windows Defender to load at start up even though it's
turned off.

James

JamesJ wrote:
> I installed third party spyware and have truned off Windows Defender, so
> I thought.
> I've unchecked all in Tools/Options:
> Unchecked all in Automatic Scanning, all in Real-Time Protection, all in
> Advanced
> Options and all in Administrator Options. Anything I'm missing?
> But according to System Configuration Windows Defender loads at startup.
>
> Anyway to prevent Windows Defender to load at start up even though it's
> turned off.
>
> James

Turn off the Service in Services.

Turning it off in the services tab didn't prevent it from starting.
Should I turn off defender in the startup tab also?

James

"DArnold" <DArnold@DArnold.com> wrote in message
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> JamesJ wrote:
>> I installed third party spyware and have truned off Windows Defender, so
>> I thought.
>> I've unchecked all in Tools/Options:
>> Unchecked all in Automatic Scanning, all in Real-Time Protection, all in
>> Advanced
>> Options and all in Administrator Options. Anything I'm missing?
>> But according to System Configuration Windows Defender loads at startup.
>>
>> Anyway to prevent Windows Defender to load at start up even though it's
>> turned off.
>>
>> James
>
> Turn off the Service in Services.

JamesJ wrote:
> Turning it off in the services tab didn't prevent it from starting.
> Should I turn off defender in the startup tab also?
>
> James

when you stopped Windows Defender in Services did you disable it at the
same time?

Disable it from where, the startup tab?

"Neil Harley" <nomail@home.com> wrote in message
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> JamesJ wrote:
>> Turning it off in the services tab didn't prevent it from starting.
>> Should I turn off defender in the startup tab also?
>>
>> James
>
> when you stopped Windows Defender in Services did you disable it at the
> same time?

JamesJ wrote:
> Disable it from where, the startup tab?

>

In Services, on the 'General' tab there is a drop menu for 'Start-Up
type'. Select Disabled in there and Defender shouldn't start again.

In Administrator Tools/Services Windows Defender is Disabled.
Although it is unchecked in System Configuration it still shows up
there.
I'll revert back to a normal startup.

"Neil Harley" <nomail@home.com> wrote in message
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> JamesJ wrote:
>> Disable it from where, the startup tab?
>
>>
>
> In Services, on the 'General' tab there is a drop menu for 'Start-Up
> type'. Select Disabled in there and Defender shouldn't start again.

Can't figure this out. It's disabled in Services but is checked in
the System Cofiguration/Startup tab. When I click Windows Defender in
Security Center Vista tells me it's off?!?!?!

Where is the registry key value to remove disabled items from the startup
tab????


"JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> In Administrator Tools/Services Windows Defender is Disabled.
> Although it is unchecked in System Configuration it still shows up
> there.
> I'll revert back to a normal startup.
>
> "Neil Harley" <nomail@home.com> wrote in message
> news:%23qhBWf1qHHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> JamesJ wrote:
>>> Disable it from where, the startup tab?
>>
>>>
>>
>> In Services, on the 'General' tab there is a drop menu for 'Start-Up
>> type'. Select Disabled in there and Defender shouldn't start again.
>

JamesJ wrote:
> Can't figure this out. It's disabled in Services but is checked in
> the System Cofiguration/Startup tab. When I click Windows Defender in
> Security Center Vista tells me it's off?!?!?!
>
> Where is the registry key value to remove disabled items from the
> startup tab????
>

MSconfig stores disabled items
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AutorunsDisabled

Even though Windows Defender is unchecked in System Configuration/Startup
there is no

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AutorunsDisabled
There is,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, Windows
Defender
isn't listed.

"Neil Harley" <nomail@home.com> wrote in message
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> JamesJ wrote:
>> Can't figure this out. It's disabled in Services but is checked in
>> the System Cofiguration/Startup tab. When I click Windows Defender in
>> Security Center Vista tells me it's off?!?!?!
>>
>> Where is the registry key value to remove disabled items from the startup
>> tab????
>>
>
> MSconfig stores disabled items
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AutorunsDisabled