Solved Currrently any way to get MSE installed over Defender?

[LovingWindows]

Just curious, because I prefer MSE over Defender due to the fact that MSE provides a lot more information on it's UI and it also gives a notification area icon and right-click scan menu option...all three of which Defender doesn't offer/do.

 

[Calico]

You might want to take a read through MS puts a hard block on MSE because it is incompatible with Win8 CP.

 

[LovingWindows]

You might want to take a read through MS puts a hard block on MSE because it is incompatible with Win8 CP.

Damn it Microsoft! Don't see why they did that, MSE worked flawlessly on Consumer before they hard blocked it (just recently reinstalled).

Is there anyway to get a notification icon for Defender like MSE has, that shows color coded status?

 

[GMan]

Control Panel | Windows Defender is where its all at. It's a set-it-and-forget-it type of thing, like malware protection should be - out of the way and out of sight.

 

[LovingWindows]

Control Panel | Windows Defender is where its all at. It's a set-it-and-forget-it type of thing, like malware protection should be - out of the way and out of sight.

Well I meant notify icon like where the network, volume and time are located. I'm one that likes to see things running...to be sure they are running.

But anyway, I decided to give the CIS beta a try over Defender and it seems to be working good now...so thread solved.

Thanks.

 

[GMan]

You're welcome.

I'm seeing tons and tons of issues with 3rd party security. Maybe CIS is alright, but if you start having freeze and/or bsod issues, look at that as the first likely culprit.

 

[DJC]

LovingWindows, Here is a guide in case you have issues turning on or off windows defender.

http://www.eightforums.com/system-security/5407-windows-defender-turn-off-windows-8-cp.html

 

[davehc]

Maybe it doesn't do quite the same thing as the tutorial, but all I did, when I initially installed Windows 8, was turned off the two windows defender services - seemed to do the trick? Since getting wise to the changeover, I have reinstated it.

 

[GMan]

Maybe it doesn't do quite the same thing as the tutorial, but all I did, when I initially installed Windows 8, was turned off the two windows defender services - seemed to do the trick? Since getting wise to the changeover, I have reinstated it.

I don't disable and leave Defender running, but if I wanted to disable it - this way you posted is my preferred way. No sense to have the services running when Defender is not actually being used.

So +1.