does Defender stay resident only when minimized?

[Guest]

With the previous version of MS Antispyware beta 1, I could close it and an
icon would appear in my system tray showing it was still resident. Now if I
close Defender, no icon appears in the system tray from what I can tell, and
it looks as though it is no longer resident providing active protection -
whereas if I just minimize it I assume it is. Do I have to keep it minimized
to provide resident protection? Thanks

 

[Guest]

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/about/releasenotes.mspx

The system tray icon for Windows Defender (Beta 2) will not be visible if no
action is needed. This is expected behavior.
Еиçеl

 

[Guest]

thank you!

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/about/releasenotes.mspx

The system tray icon for Windows Defender (Beta 2) will not be visible if no
action is needed. This is expected behavior.
Еиçеl

 

[Guest]

Your most welcome, enjoy the file
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[Guest]

With the previous version of MS Antispyware beta 1, I could close it and an
icon would appear in my system tray showing it was still resident. Now if I
close Defender, no icon appears in the system tray from what I can tell, and
it looks as though it is no longer resident providing active protection -
whereas if I just minimize it I assume it is.

Remove the "-hide" from the MSASCui.exe Run key and the icon should show
unless you have had XP itself hide it.