Windows Live Essentials 2012 was released on Janufor Windows 8.ĭiscontinuation Windows Live Essentials 2011 was released on Novemfor Windows 7, replacing Windows Live Essentials 2009. Windows Live Essentials 2009 was released on Jin Windows 7. The first version for Windows Live Essentials was released on Augfor Windows XP. Windows Live Essentials consists of 8 programs, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Meeting Space and Windows Live Calendar. Windows Live Essentials was officially discontinued on January 10, 2017. It was no longer available for Windows 8.1 in 2013. Platform that supported it were Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. It will work automatically in the background just like MS Security Essentials did in Windows 7.Windows Live Essentials is a collection of office software developed and published by Microsoft. If for some reason Defender won’t run, just reboot.įrom this point on, you can pretty much forget that Windows Defender is there. You can close the Defender window now and just let it work in the background. Just click Start, type defender, and click on the Windows Defender item to launch it.Ĭlick the Update definitions button. The last step is to make sure Windows Defender is updated. Just click the Uninstall button, and you’re almost done! That will launch the MS Security Essentials Uninstaller, like so: If a generic box pops up with a question about uninstalling, just click OK. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\setup.exe” /x /disableoslimit Paste the following line into the Command Prompt window, and press Enter:
Next, right-click the Start button, and choose Command Prompt (Admin). Go ahead and close File Explorer, since you won’t need it any more. You’ll see this guy:Ĭlick the Change settings for all users box.Ĭhange the Compatibility mode settings as shown (use compatibility mode for Windows 7), and then click OK.
Right-click the file Setup.exe, and choose Properties. Navigate to: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client If you try to uninstall the program, you get this: You can tell you still have Microsoft Security Essentials running if you see the green icon in your task bar in Windows 10:
This is because Windows Defender is basically the same thing.īut, that’s not what happens. Defender won’t run, and neither will Security Essentials.Īccording to Microsoft, when you upgrade to Windows 10, MS Security Essentials should be uninstalled automagically. Worse yet, Windows 10 is very confused, since Windows Defender is basically the same program. There’s only one problem: Every time you reboot, you get an error message about Microsoft Security Essentials.
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