HI I installed Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. How do I turn it off properly and to prevent that this program runs every time Windows 7 starts up? THANKS BYEBalubeto

Microsoft Security Essentials should be able to start at start-up automatically to keep your computer protected in real time. Disabling Microsoft Security Essentials will risk the security of the computer . However, if you want to disable MSE from starting up follow the steps: Click Start -> in Search programs and files type Services.msc and hit the Enter key -> In the Service window scroll down to the service Microsoft Antimalware Service and set the Startup Type to Manual or Disable . -> Click Apply and close open windows then restart the computer. To disable real-time protection only : Open MSE -> click Settings and under real-time protection -> uncheck the option Turn ON real-time protection <If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Propose as Answer" If you find it helpful , mark it as helpful by clicking on "Vote as Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster> Thameem

Microsoft Security Essentials should be able to start at start-up automatically to keep your computer protected in real time. Disabling Microsoft Security Essentials will risk the security of the computer . However, if you want to disable MSE from starting up follow the steps: Click Start -> in Search programs and files type Services.msc and hit the Enter key -> In the Service window scroll down to the service Microsoft Antimalware Service and set the Startup Type to Manual or Disable . -> Click Apply and close open windows then restart the computer. To disable real-time protection only : Open MSE -> click Settings and under real-time protection -> uncheck the option Turn ON real-time protection <If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Propose as Answer" If you find it helpful , mark it as helpful by clicking on "Vote as Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster> Thameem I have tried to disable the Microsoft Antimalware Service service but the MSE starts disabled during the startup of Windows 7. While I wish that MSE does not run at all during the startup of Windows 7. So, how do I do this? THANKS BYEBalubeto

For that you need to disable the Start Up of MSE from the Start up List To stop Microsoft Security Essentials from Starting Up : Click Start -> in Search programs and files type Msconfig and hit the Enter key -> In the System Configuration Window Click the Tab Start Up scroll down to the start up item Microsoft Security Client and Un-Check the entry -> Click Apply and close then restart the computer. <If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Propose as Answer" If you find it helpful , mark it as helpful by clicking on "Vote as Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster> Thameem

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:43:48 +0000, balubeto wrote: Iinstalled Microsoft Security Essentialson Windows 7 Ultimate64- bit. How do I turn it offproperlyand to prevent thatthis program runs everytime Windows 7 starts up? Why do you want to do this? You should always have your security software running all the time. Being without its protection needlessly exposes you to severe risk. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:43:48 +0000, balubeto wrote: Iinstalled Microsoft Security Essentialson Windows 7 Ultimate64- bit. How do I turn it offproperlyand to prevent thatthis program runs everytime Windows 7 starts up? Why do you want to do this? You should always have your security software running all the time. Being without its protection needlessly exposes you to severe risk. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP There are many circumstances where such background services need to be disabled. I use my computer to record audio, and if this service is running it causes glitches in the audio, and sometimes contributes to crashes. Once I disabled the antimalware service, my problems with recording audio stopped. When I am not recording and working with internet applications, I turn it back on. Good software and good support should not assume that users need handholding with such things. It is inaccurate to say that disabling such a service causes needless and severe risk.

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:43:48 +0000, balubeto wrote: Iinstalled Microsoft Security Essentialson Windows 7 Ultimate64- bit. How do I turn it offproperlyand to prevent thatthis program runs everytime Windows 7 starts up? Why do you want to do this? You should always have your security software running all the time. Being without its protection needlessly exposes you to severe risk. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP There are many circumstances where such background services need to be disabled. I use my computer to record audio, and if this service is running it causes glitches in the audio, and sometimes contributes to crashes. Once I disabled the antimalware service, my problems with recording audio stopped. When I am not recording and working with internet applications, I turn it back on. Good software and good support should not assume that users need handholding with such things. It is inaccurate to say that disabling such a service causes needless and severe risk. Hello, It's true that there are obviously going to be instances where you will want to disable any type of real-time security software from time to time. Just remember to reactivate it once you're done with the task that needs to not be bothered during it's functioning. **You only want to do this sort of thing where you are only engaging in OFFLINE ONLY type activities. Otherwise, as Ken Blake above noted, you are only leaving yourself open to severe risk by leaving your 'shields down' all the time. With that said, what I find to be the easiest way to create an 'ON/OFF SWITCH', is to create a pair of batch (.bat) files on the desktop of whatever PC/Server this is running on. You can do this by right clicking on the desktop and selecting new and TEXT file, then renaming it to like 'MSEE Start.bat' and / or 'MSEE Stop.bat' and then right click and edit the file(s). **This assumes you already have file extentions visible, if not, you'll want to turn that on under file explorer / tools/folder options. Next, add the following contents to the STOP batch file: @echo off sc stop MsMpSvc Exit Next, add the following contents to the START batch file: @echo off sc start MsMpSvc Exit You'll know the STOP batch file worked when you see the BIG RED WARNING popup from it displayed. Of course, it turns GREEN again when you run the START batch file again. I leave a copy of these and other commonly used files on a centrally located server share for easy access and replication on any given PC/Server I'm at. Hope that helps :D Lewis Lembke, Microsoft MCP

To disable Microsoft Security Essentials: Open the application (click the icon in the task-bar, find it from the start menu or navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseces.exe) From the control panel, go to the ‘Settings’ tab Un-tick the ‘Turn on real-time protection’ checkbox and Microsoft Security Essentials is now disabled :)

Outstanding answer- didnt just answer the question but added further helpful advice- http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchcommands.php this ppage has a list of bat files

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A user's reasons for wanting to stop an application are their concern alone. The question is how does one stop Security Essentials from running, not should one do so. Thank you Lewis, for an answer that helps.

I should point out that MSE is not that demanding and I am using an Atom on my netbook and its never at issue. Windows MVP 2010-11, XP, Vista, 7. Expanding into Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server, SharePoint, Cloud, Virtualization etc. etc. Hardcore Games, Legendary is the only Way to Play Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews

I tried this under Windows XP and I did get the warning dialog box, but MSE continues to run because its icon is still in the task tray. How does one turn it off completely, i.e. kill the process?

if you want to use another security program, simply uninstall MSE otherwise use MSE to secure you system, never run anything without security, the risks are too great Windows MVP 2010-11, XP, Vista, 7. Expanding into Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server, SharePoint, Cloud, Virtualization etc. etc. Hardcore Games, Legendary is the only Way to Play Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews