Windows 7 - Microsoft Security Essentials Final Available!

Yes! I am getting it on every boot now....I have submitted a ticket to Microsoft, but as of yet no answer from them. If and when I get a reply I will post it.

And to add to the fire

see How can I get MSSE to update on its own instead of using Windows Update?

The moderator does state I'm just a volunteer and MS does NOT sanction what I say.

I just checked and the MSE happens on bootup. I have FoxIt and I don'e get an error. Oh well.

Source - How can I get MSSE to update on its own instead of using Windows Update?

That's a reasonable response from the moderator and one I agree with. I would also add that this would be true here or any other "unofficial" Microsoft/Windows forums.

As to the MSE updates being done through Windows Updates, yeah, maybe Microsoft should have made it part of MSE's update process instead of Windows. I can see it being an annoyance for those that turn auto updates off, for those like me who leave it on, it's not an issue, so... And do note that Windows Defender works the same way (updates are done thorugh Windows Update).

I'll also add that I agree with this statement with regards to turning off auto updates (at least the critical ones)....

Source -How can I get MSSE to update on its own instead of using Windows Update?

My two cents

OK we have a fix. After MS worked on my PC for 4 hrs they got it fixed. Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Security Essentials\Support and delete MSSEOOBE.etl and reboot. After reboot this file should be recreated and the error should be gone. I have found that when you delete MSE this folder remains and the files get updated when you run MSE. It looks like the one file was not updating properly and causing the failure. After it was working I did another test. I deleted MSE and also all the files in the Support directory. I then reinstalled MSE and everything is still fine. If you look at the error under Detail it will point to this file.

Jim

Phone Man - same here - except it didn't take them 4 hours in my case - only about 30 minutes. Deleted MSSEOOBE.etl and rebooted - no Event Viewer error. Thanks for post - you beat me to it!

They finished with my PC about 5pm CDT so I guess they have put the word out to the other techs.

Jim

I think your are correct - I received a call from them around 6:30pm CDT. I feel better about Microsoft, their follow-up and response - at least they seem to be trying to help the users.

Now if I could get rid of the Warning in Event Viewer for Event ID 4001 "WLAN AutoConfig service has successfully stopped", I would be 100% satisfied. I believe it's just a warning, saying, "Dummy, this is happening but don't worry about it!" lol!

Thanks Jim
This will go down in my special notebook for Windows 7
Iggy

Yeah, me too. For instance, I have completely removed Windows Live from my PC. Why would I want to automatically install updates for it? Obviously, I don't. Another instance would be the update for validation that was recently released. I opted out from installing it, and about a week later it was removed from MS updates. Why would I want obsolete software on my PC? That drives me crazy!