I don't know all the ins and outs of the decision to not make Windows
Defender a removable piece.
In the end, it isn't--and a repair is the available option--just as with
some piece of the networking stack or any number of other portions of the OS
that could get corrupted.
This breakage is pretty infrequent--the only clear cause I'm aware of is a
system is running XP, is upgraded to Vista, and then the user attempts to
uninstall Defender via the entry in control panel, programs, which
unfortunately remains.
Even that situation is quite rare. The process of picking a piece of the OS
to compartmentalize and offer the add/remove option has a monetary
cost--probably higher than you or I would guess. I'm not going to second
guess the decision making from my distant perspective.
(not saying you can't, of course!--just giving my opinion.)
"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CCEA70A4-B3D0-46BA-A030-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I know this is off-topic, but I think if you have to do a repair /
>re-install
> of the OS, because of a broken software package, ie. Windows Defender.....
> Kinda ridiculous, don't you think?
>
> "Bill Sanderson" wrote:
>
>> Any idea how that happened? Are you sure the system is virus free now?
>>
>> System restore to a date before this happened?
>>
>> I think a repair install of Vista is probably the right way to fix this.
>> I've done this a couple of times--it isn't real quick, and it is quite
>> boring to watch, but it does work in the end, and doesn't lose your
>> programs
>> or data. You need to have an OS CD, though, and some machines don't come
>> with that these days..
>>
>>
>> "nocturnal-001" <nocturnal-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message
>> news:1E35A85F-5ED2-400A-902A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I would like to repair Defender. I have Vista HP. And the file
>> > "MsMpRes.dll" is replaced by a file "sMpRes.dll"
>> >
>> > "Bill Sanderson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> In Vista, Defender is part of the OS. You cannot uninstall it, and it
>> >> isn't
>> >> listed as a Windows component that you can add or remove optionally.
>> >>
>> >> Disabling it via its interface should be all that is needed. I would
>> >> expect
>> >> that most current security solutions would be able to accomplish this
>> >> on
>> >> their own as an option chosen at install time--but I haven't much
>> >> experience
>> >> with other solutions on Vista at this point.
>> >>
>> >> There's no need to go disabling services manually--just go to tools,
>> >> options, and choose the option near the end that says something like
>> >> "do
>> >> not
>> >> use Windows Defender."
>> >>
>> >> This can also be done via Group Policy, I believe.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:3DAFE70C-B6D1-43B9-A6C8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Bill,
>> >> >
>> >> > What about uninstall for Vista? We use a different security
>> >> > solution,
>> >> > so
>> >> > we
>> >> > don't need Defender. We would like to uninstall it completely from
>> >> > Visa,
>> >> > not
>> >> > just disable it. I've seen the post's on disabling by stopping the
>> >> > service,
>> >> > etc. That's not the route we want to take. Is there a way to
>> >> > uninstall
>> >> > it?
>> >> >
>> >> > "Bill Sanderson" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Is this on Windows XP, or on Vista.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If this is happening on Windows XP, simply download and install
>> >> >> Windows
>> >> >> Defender again, from Microsoft. This should correct the issues
>> >> >> preventing
>> >> >> the uninstall--then, you should be able to uninstall
>> >> >> cleanly--strange,
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> true.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> www.microsoft.com/defender
>> >> >>
>> >> >> should get you to the download.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "bugbo1st" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:28E86D02-6AA4-43D0-A426-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> >I am having the worse time uninstalling defender. I went to the
>> >> >> >add/remove
>> >> >> > program screen and tried to remove the program, but it says I
>> >> >> > need a
>> >> >> > disk
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > do it (which I don't have). Is there anyway to get around this?
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Computer illiterate
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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