How to Disable Microsoft Security Essentials

Steps to turn off Microsoft Security Essentials.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

by Doug Kennard

At some point, you may need to disable Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) in order to install other software. To disable MSE follow these steps:

Open Microsoft Security Essentials
Click on the Settings tab.
In the left-hand menu, select Real-time protection, then uncheck Turn on real-time protection (recommend).
Then click Save changes button.

Tags: mse

5 Comments

by bashta on 7/4/2010

thanks a lot, for this lecture

by Niko Atmadja on 2/23/2011

Thank you. I'm looking for that setting also.

by Frank on 2/26/2011

My Security Essentials window is not a tabbed interface, does not have a Settings tab. What up?

by xxx on 3/16/2011

thanks for not telling how to start MSE, really NOT useful at all....dont take things for granted

by Don on 11/10/2011

Thank you, great help.

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