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After upgrading MSE to 4.0 I always get a warning from Action Center that MSE isn't activated when i reboot..

Nothing has changed in my setup since previous version of MSE. (Windows 7 Ultimate, SP1, Windows Firewall)

I have no other anti-virus and there is no problem to reactivate, it's just annoying.

MSE seems to work as it should activated or not.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

You can remove that problem by following these two simple steps

  • Go to Control Panel
  • Click on System and Security
  • Click on Administrative Tools
  • Click on Services
  • Find Microsoft Security Essentials Antimalware on the list and click on Automatic from the popup menu.

If it's stopped click on Start service on the list.

All fixed.

Thanks for your replies. I have reinstalled MSE and checked that it is on automatic start in services.

Another strange thing is that action center is asking me if I trust this program to be started (msseces.exe), but it is already running?

Does MSE (or action center) depend on any other service to run?

I don't even have that problem ever. The easiest way to fix your problems completely is to do a clean install of the OS.

But first get the drivers and neccesary softwares before you do it. And everythin should be fix completely.

I don't even have that problem ever. The easiest way to fix your problems completely is to do a clean install of the OS.

But first get the drivers and neccesary softwares before you do it. And everythin should be fix completely.

Sorry, but reinstall everything is not an option, it would take me days to get all back in place. If necessary I rather switch to another anti-virus.

But MSE is still working, it's just the annoying message from action center.

The easiest way to fix your problems completely is to do a clean install of the OS.

No, it isn't. I'm sick of such amateur hour solutions that don't solve anything. A complete system wash 'n' wipe is NOT

the way to fix a problem such as this. Reinstalling the OS can take up a lot of time, and should only ever really be a

last resort option. If the OS is pretty much hosed due to malware, or some other similarly serious issue, and all

other possible options to rectify the problems have been exhausted, then yes, reinstall the OS.

Suggesting a reinstall of the OS for a relatively trivial issue, is like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

I've had this issue a couple of times with MSE - where it's running but not showing up in the system tray. This then causes action centre to think it's disabled.

I've also had an issue where it was disabled for no reason on boot. (Icon in system tray but red)

The first issue was fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling. The second was being caused by a Windows update that I removed and reinstalled. I have no idea which one it was though, sadly.

I had hopes for last patch tuesday but that didn't help, hopefully next does. What I not have been able to figure out is what Action Center does to activate MSE when I manually choose to do that, and what triggers the activation when the virus definitions is updated.

Can we see the exact error that action center is showing, and your about for mse - also is real time protection on, etc.

Just noticed your location - so your windows is non english version? But mse is english version?

Also this issue only happens on reboot? What happens if you just wait a couple of minutes does the action item go away? Have seen this a couple of times were once machine has just recently been a bit of confusion if mse is running, etc.

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@+Budman

This is what Action Center looks like when I get the notification, in Swedish though.

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I when I activate MSE, button "Aktivera nu", it looks like this.

Defender is off all the time.

P? means On., brandv?gg means firewall.

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MSE definitions versions

Security Essentials Version: 4.0.1526.0

Antimalware Client Version: 4.0.1526.0

Engine Version: 1.1.8403.0

Antivirus definition: 1.127.1237.0

Antispyware definition: 1.127.1237.0

Network Inspection System Engine Version: 2.0.8001.0

Network Inspection System Definition Version: 11.0.0.0

@Athlonite

Yes that was my thought as well, but the notification stays until MSE at some time during the day updates its virus definitions, or I do it manually.

So looks like your running english version? Why not the swedish version?

If you OS is swedish, I would run that version of mse -- you can get hose here

http://windows.micro...ntials/download

I used the Swedish version when this started to happen,and I have done a couple of uninstall / reinstall, so I don't think the language makes any difference.

When it's not necessary to change, I try to keep the English versions of my programs, because the translations can be terrible. It is also hard to follow a discussion in forums when I have to find an equivalent word in English for a Swedish one, as in various settings and menus.

No, not at all. Internet is up and running within a minute after my desktop shows. But MSE doesn't update until my laptop has been idle for a while and that can take several hours.

I just try to figure out what triggers Action Center to consider MSE activated when the virus definitions is updated. If I reboot directly afterwards, its back to "MSE not activated".

  • 2 weeks later...

Sorry for the late answer, I'm on holiday in Thailand right now. I am currently using my netbook and it's working as it should, so I will compare services running in my main laptop with my netbook, when I get back home and see if I can discover any differences. Both are the same brand, HP.

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