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1354016 2013-09-21 09:59:00 MSSE broke my Win7 laptop into pieces this time. My laptop booted up OK but the WLAN is trying to connect to my wireless router but couldn't get connected. I couldn't do anything other than the mouse still 'movable. I forced shut down the machine and booted up in safe mode, trying to uninstall MSSE but Win7 won't allow me to do so.

Fortunately I have a system image created and re-imaged the laptop and uninstalled MSSE immediately before it updates. After un-installing MSSE, everything works as normal. I thought Microsoft has fixed the problem but this time it's a much 'bigger' problem!

Anyone of you here having similar problem with MSSE?
bk T (215)
1354017 2013-09-21 10:20:00 Seen it happen a few times as well, I wont use the free AV's anymore on anyones PC's. They all seem to cause different sorts of problems at one time or another.

I recommend Nod32 - if they want a trial then fine, then its upto the owner what they want to do regarding buying it. Seen it happen many times, the trial runs out and they have had no problems. Remove the trial when its over and install some other free AV and usually with in 2-4 months they have some sort of problem again.

What happens is some AV vendors try to make their software better without proper testing, and most of the time it doesn't work, instead makes it unstable.

Classic example is AVG -- this week ( and its very regular per month) AVG corrupts, causes all sorts of problems from slowness to total boot failure - remove it and all works again. Got two in the workshop that exact problem.
wainuitech (129)
1354018 2013-09-21 21:41:00 Nope MSSE hasnt caused that here. I doubt that it would block wireless. Unless something was / or is corrupt Speedy Gonzales (78)
1354019 2013-09-21 23:13:00 I tried a fresh clean install of Win7, installed all necessary drivers, etc., everything works perfectly untill the moment I installed MSSE and get it updated, restarted the machine, then the fun begins. I just couldn't do anything. It used to work OK with this laptop before. Couldn't believe it. bk T (215)
1354020 2013-09-21 23:24:00 Did you do a clean install, not use the image you created?? Must be something on the system that makes things freeze. Not just MSSE Speedy Gonzales (78)
1354021 2013-09-22 00:21:00 It's a clean install, formatted the C:\ with nothing but the drivers installed, no application programs, nothing. bk T (215)
1354022 2013-09-22 02:21:00 Did you have SP1 installed? Driftwood (5551)
1354023 2013-09-22 02:38:00 Yup, the install DVD is the original HP Win7 SP1 came with the HP Probook.

It was working perfectly before untill the recent MSSE update.
bk T (215)
1354024 2013-09-22 05:20:00 Maybe post a hijack this log. Driftwood (5551)
1354025 2013-09-22 06:53:00 weird, I've used MSE & now defender which is the windows 8 version for years over several PCs (currently 4) and never had an issue. dugimodo (138)
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