OK, I ran across this thread http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/43568-i-m-unable-set-startup-program.html#post363386 and decided to give it a shot. Shortcut on desktop works fine. I then put a shortcut into the Startup folder. The shortcut is for SpeedFan. Rebooted and what a mess. I got 3 Kaspersky icons in the tray. Then, Action Center squawks. Gives me 3 messages. I deleted the shortcut in the Startup folder and rebooted. Same 3 messages.
Spyware and unwanted software protection (Important)
Windows Defender is turned off.
Virus protection (Important)
Windows Defender is turned off.
Network firewall (Important)
Windows Firewall is turned off or set up incorrectly.
Not so. Kaspersky is in the tray. In Services it shows Kaspersky as running. It also shows Windows Firewall as running. I don't see how putting that shortcut into the Startup folder could screw up Kaspersky. Last time I had such messages and I uninstalled/reinstalled Kaspersky the messages went away.
It all refers to those windows things and indeed they are turned off by Kaspersky but it didn't tell that to windows. Nothing unusual there, you can turn those notifications off in Action Center.
If Windows doesn't recognize the other security suite, you'll get those messages as it thinks your unprotected. I also don't get why putting that shortcut in the startup folder did that. The only thing that comes to mind is it changes when it starts up.
When I first put KIS in, there are no warnings from Action Center. Everything is hunky dory. If you go to Windows Firewall, it says the settings are being handled by KIS.
Now a new development. This morning, the KIS icon in the tray was grayed out with an explanation point. So, I open it up. It says that there's no license key. It also says that the activation date is in the 27th century! So, I completely uninstalled KIS. Then tried to reinstall. The install window comes up and when I click "Install", nothing happens. And when I try to start Windows Defender, I get the following popup.
Quite a look into the future eh ? More reasons to keep away from those complicated AVs unless you have a real need for them. I really get around the internet and find free Avast to be quite sufficient. If you have paid for extended service, get on Kaspersky's case about it, must have been some of their updates to cause it.
What I've noticed is that these suites don't always uninstall properly and don't always undo system mods they did during the install. Norton comes to mind. They have custom uninstallers for it but hide them and or move them around on their web site so you can't easily find them. It's almost like they do it on purpose so you have to reinstall their product just to get your system working again.
What I've noticed is that these suites don't always uninstall properly and don't always undo system mods they did during the install. Norton comes to mind. They have custom uninstallers for it but hide them and or move them around on their web site so you can't easily find them. It's almost like they do it on purpose so you have to reinstall their product just to get your system working again.
Noticed same thing too and not only with AVs and it's more than "almost like they do it on purpose". Even their uninstallers leave tails, I'd rather trust Revo to do it.
Noooooooooooooooooo! Just did that about a week ago. Don't ask me how but KIS is now installed and Action Center has shut up. Maybe the 5th reboot did it. I don't know. So, I'll mark this as solved.
What I've noticed is that these suites don't always uninstall properly and don't always undo system mods they did during the install. Norton comes to mind. They have custom uninstallers for it but hide them and or move them around on their web site so you can't easily find them. It's almost like they do it on purpose so you have to reinstall their product just to get your system working again.
Norton seems to be the worst offender, at least in my experience anyway. It's also crippling as far as performance of the PC its installed on. It's great protection though, you can't do anything while its running so your not going to get infected.