From: "Geo." 

Come on Rich, I don't want to turn the thing off as described in the
security center, that method still has windows update downloading patches
for it and if I know MS it will get automatically re-enabled at some point.
I want it off my computer. I disabled it with no problem, disabled the
service, found out what was causing the popup on boot and ripped that out
and it's not "messy" however in exploring I found you can't
easily uninstall defender and I think that's sad but something the folks
here should know.

As for making a mess, it's my computer isn't it? I'm not renting, I bought
the house. Just because the builder decided he wanted to put cheap
anti-sheep door with his company logo on it in my living room doesn't mean
I have to accept that. It's my right to bitch when I find out they didn't
use standard construction methods and designed the door so I can't easily
replace it with a better quality sheep friendly door. The pins in the
hinges are not removable, the hinges are riveted to the frame and you keep
telling me to read the section about propping the door open when I'm trying
to remove the door.

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:4591ef0d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   I read your reference to uninstall.  So?  You just described your random
flailing trying to disable it.  If you had a brain you might consider
reading the help topic and following the instructions.  You are just making
a mess doing random things you don't understand.

Rich

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