PC Woes - McAfee & Defender Problems

A slow PC will frustrate you even if you're the most patient person, especially if you're unable to identify the exact piece of software/hardware that's responsible for creating the problem.

Here are two you should watch out for: McAfee and Windows Defender

Problem: Your PC keeps giving you a "not responding" error which may last for 5 to 20 seconds when completing tasks. 

Solution 1 (there are many others): If this started happening after changing your antivirus to McAfee (whatever) and you also have Windows Defender on your PC, check and ensure that Windows Defender has been disabled.  McAfee is supposed to disable it but seems to "forget" these days.

The "Why" for the problem: Both McAfee and Windows Defender might be scanning your PC at the same time which IS a combination that spells PROBLEM as they both tussle for system resources.

To manually disable Windows Defender you can do the following:

1. Go to the Start Menu
2. Open Windows Defender
3. Click 'Tools'
4. Click 'Options'
5. Select 'Administrator'
6. Untick 'Use Windows Defender'
7. Click 'Save' to complete the process
8. SUCCESS