Technology Jonathan Roberts on 31 Dec 2006 04:42 pm
Windows Defender: out of beta, doesn’t work on Windows XP
Today is December 31, 2006. Besides being New Year’s Eve, it is also the day that Windows Defender leaves beta (apparently). I uninstalled the beta and attempted to install the latest version. I quickly found out that MS does not allow it to be installed on a Windows version below XP. I understand that they can support and de-support any product they like. However, I find it just a bit hypocritical to allow you to beta test a product, providing feedback to them, but you cannot run the non-beta on the SAME version. Oh well, I’ll get it over.