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Uninstalling MSE from XP
05-06-2014 8:11 PM
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I am trying to help someone who cant afford to replace their pc, and their present hardware cannot use Win 7. I am trying to replace MSE with some other AV facility. I have loaded AVG 2014 Free (not sure I like it - it seems excessively complicated to use), but having got it working, I have tried to uninstall MSE (if for no other reason than to get rid of that irritating message that comes up every few minutes about MS no longer supporting XP). However, uninstall keeps failing.
Does anyone have any suggestions for persuading MSE to go, please?
Thanks
Does anyone have any suggestions for persuading MSE to go, please?
Thanks
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Re: Uninstalling MSE from XP
05-06-2014 8:20 PM
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You will need the Microsoft Security Essentials Removal Tool also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483120
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2435760
Let us know how you get on
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2435760
Let us know how you get on

Re: Uninstalling MSE from XP
05-06-2014 10:03 PM
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That did the trick
Thankyou
Thankyou
Re: Uninstalling MSE from XP
05-06-2014 10:11 PM
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Your welcome

Re: Uninstalling MSE from XP
05-06-2014 10:18 PM
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You can install version 4.4 of MSE and provided you block the 4.5 update you won't get the irritating message on XP.
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