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How to disable a McAfee service?
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I am trying to disable a McAfee Real-Time Protection service, but if I go into Services/Properties, then try to set it to Manual or Disable - it says that unable to open service McShield for writing on Local Computer. Error 5. Access is denied. I've tried logging in as an Admin, to no avail. I've t…
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This is how you do it if you are like me and: You are at work Running on a remotely managed SOE (including remotely managed McAfee) with Windows XP or Windows 7 Have "peasant" permissions (But you need Local Admin, most users will have this) Here's …
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