Guest takato Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I know it's probably simple but I can't find the disable. With the old version it was easy to disable (Beta) but with Vista I cant find it. Each time I boot I manually exit it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 First and foremost, WELCOME to the site! In answer to your question; after I read your post I went ahead and threw up a few How To Articles on the main groovyPost site. There are 2 different ways to disable the Windows Vista Defender and I covered both of them. Here are the links: Disable Windows Defender for Microsoft Vista Remove Windows Defender from Vista System Startup Personally, I would just do both to make sure it's 1: Disabled 2: Removed from Startup. No need wasting precious resources if you don't have to. On a side note, if you decide you want to enable it later, just launch it from the Windows Start Button. Let me know if you have any other questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest poneil Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Takato Curious to hear why you want to disable Defender? I've been using it and it's pretty good. I stuck with it over Spybot being that I'm trying to keep the number of installed apps low on my vista box. Just wondering your thought process on this one. Thanks (and welcome to the site also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest takato Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 First and foremost, WELCOME to the site! In answer to your question; after I read your post I went ahead and threw up a few How To Articles on the main groovyPost site. There are 2 different ways to disable the Windows Vista Defender and I covered both of them. Here are the links: Disable Windows Defender for Microsoft Vista Remove Windows Defender from Vista System Startup Personally, I would just do both to make sure it's 1: Disabled 2: Removed from Startup. No need wasting precious resources if you don't have to. Perfect! Completely answered my question and it's now done! thanks Curious to hear why you want to disable Defender? I've been using it and it's pretty good. I stuck with it over Spybot being that I'm trying to keep the number of installed apps low on my vista box. Just wondering your thought process on this one. Hi poneil, what can I say. I've not really bought into the whole "spyware". I have Norton AV installed and it catches things here and there. I don't like it when an OS comes with "add-ons". I like to install everything myself so I know what's taking CPU. I'm a purist what can I say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Excellent! Glad to hear things are been taken care of! Thanks and let us know if anything else comes up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest poneil Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Hi poneil, what can I say. I've not really bought into the whole "spyware". I have Norton AV installed and it catches things here and there. I don't like it when an OS comes with "add-ons". I like to install everything myself so I know what's taking CPU. I'm a purist what can I say Norton.... eck..... You should at least have SpyBot running http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html. It's the best out there. My 2 cents anyway cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Personally, I do prefer SpyBot over Windows Defender as well however, that's just personal preference. Some people really like Windows Defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockersh Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I'm one of "those" people. I like Windows Defender. I mean cmon, it's installed on almost ALL windows Vista boxes in the world so they are going to have the most definitions period. And it's free and automatic. If you have a PC which can run Vista, you should be fine. now.... Defender on Server 2008 - That's a different story. I disabled that right after install for all my images! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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