Windows Defender Error

Error:

Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem
caused this program's service to stop. Start the service, restart your
computer or search Help & Support for how to start a service manually.

I want to COMPLETELY remove Windows Defender. How man I do it?

Hi,

You can't remove it completely, you can only disable it. Check the event
viewer as to the causes of why the service stops.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"D3DAiM" <D3DAiM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:674735D7-78E0-4044-B897-4D402F853911@microsoft.com...
> Error:
>
> Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem
> caused this program's service to stop. Start the service, restart your
> computer or search Help & Support for how to start a service manually.
>
> I want to COMPLETELY remove Windows Defender. How man I do it?
>

Why can't I remove it. I've totally removed it from customers computers in
XP. It caused nothing but problems in XP, and I don't want it in my vista
computer. I'll get rid of it!

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You can't remove it completely, you can only disable it. Check the event
> viewer as to the causes of why the service stops.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "D3DAiM" <D3DAiM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:674735D7-78E0-4044-B897-4D402F853911@microsoft.com...
> > Error:
> >
> > Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem
> > caused this program's service to stop. Start the service, restart your
> > computer or search Help & Support for how to start a service manually.
> >
> > I want to COMPLETELY remove Windows Defender. How man I do it?
> >
>
>

Hi Mick,

In XP, it was an after-market installation, not so in Vista. Here it is a
part of the installed OS. Disabling it is sufficient if you do not want your
clients using it (but I hope you are providing some other solution for
them). Keep in mind too that with XP, Windows Defender was in a beta state
for the majority of its existence - ie: not fit for general consumption.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:74544FF3-AA14-4588-BC1F-EF667AC197E1@microsoft.com...
> Why can't I remove it. I've totally removed it from customers computers in
> XP. It caused nothing but problems in XP, and I don't want it in my vista
> computer. I'll get rid of it!
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You can't remove it completely, you can only disable it. Check the event
>> viewer as to the causes of why the service stops.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "D3DAiM" <D3DAiM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:674735D7-78E0-4044-B897-4D402F853911@microsoft.com...
>> > Error:
>> >
>> > Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A
>> > problem
>> > caused this program's service to stop. Start the service, restart your
>> > computer or search Help & Support for how to start a service manually.
>> >
>> > I want to COMPLETELY remove Windows Defender. How man I do it?
>> >
>>
>>

I see no notice of this error in event viewer.

It was actually disabling it that CAUSED this problem..

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Mick,
>
> In XP, it was an after-market installation, not so in Vista. Here it is a
> part of the installed OS. Disabling it is sufficient if you do not want your
> clients using it (but I hope you are providing some other solution for
> them). Keep in mind too that with XP, Windows Defender was in a beta state
> for the majority of its existence - ie: not fit for general consumption.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74544FF3-AA14-4588-BC1F-EF667AC197E1@microsoft.com...
> > Why can't I remove it. I've totally removed it from customers computers in
> > XP. It caused nothing but problems in XP, and I don't want it in my vista
> > computer. I'll get rid of it!
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> You can't remove it completely, you can only disable it. Check the event
> >> viewer as to the causes of why the service stops.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >>
> >> "D3DAiM" <D3DAiM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:674735D7-78E0-4044-B897-4D402F853911@microsoft.com...
> >> > Error:
> >> >
> >> > Windows Defender: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A
> >> > problem
> >> > caused this program's service to stop. Start the service, restart your
> >> > computer or search Help & Support for how to start a service manually.
> >> >
> >> > I want to COMPLETELY remove Windows Defender. How man I do it?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>