I'd try 'em all rather than having to wipe and reload. From what I read the manual uninstall steps did the trick. Much information can be found here along with some manual removal instructions. They also offer a stubborn program removal tool whether or not it works I can't be sure, but looks promising. I see that Microsoft has a fix-it to aid in uninstalling MSE if you can't remove it from Programs but I'm not sure if it works for Windows 8. Try to undo the system restore you perfotmed, one by one try the following. I had a customer who did the same thing as you and we ended up backing up all their important data and reinstalling Windows 8. Microsoft Security Essentials Cannot Run on the Windows 8 platform. Windows defender in Windows 8 is the equivalent of Microsoft Security Essentials for previous versions of Windows. A user had the option od Installing Microsoft Security Essentials which in turn Disabled Windows Defender.Īlong comes Windows 8 and Microsoft includes for the first time a total security suite and names it Windows Defender again. The windows systems came pre-installed with Windows Defender. Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials In previous versions of Windows, To totally different animals. Sometimes we cannot understand (at least I can't) some of the reasoning behind Microsoft's logic.
