Article: Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The Start menu will open. Doing so searches for the Services app, which lets you control which system processes run. It's a gear-shaped icon at the top of the Start window. The Services window will open. You'll find this service in the "S" section of the window. On some computers, this will say sppsvc instead. It's the folder-shaped icon just below the View tab in the upper-left side of the window. A new window will open. This option is in the middle-left side of the window. Doing so will prompt the Software Protection service to stop running. If this button is greyed out, you will need to use the Registry instead. It's at the bottom of the window. Your activation will remain off until you restart or update your computer, at which point you will need to disable it again.
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Open Start . Type services into Start. Click Services. Scroll down and click Software Protection. Click the "Properties" icon. Click Stop. Click OK.