If you disable it while you install new software, you then have no
protection if the software contains malware.

Ken Russell

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"Francis Marsden" <fake@fake.fake> wrote in message
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> When installing a new program, one is supposed to close all running
> programs first. If I right click on Microsoft Antispyware icon in
> systray, and choose shutdown, then the next time Windows XP starts up, the
> Antispyware program Security Agents status is "disabled". So I have to
> manually enable it, but I often forget. Is there any way to have it
> restart with real time protection "enabled"?
>