How to prohibit security administrator to uninstall KSWS/KESS [Kaspersky Security for Windows Server]

[Antipova Anna]

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Step-by-step guide

1. Open KSWS policy
2. Navigate to "User rights" section
3. Under "Configure application management section" press "Settings" button
4. In the "Permissions for Kaspersky Security" window press "Advanced" button
   
5. Select necessary user or group -> press "Edit" button -> press "Show advanced permissions"
6. In the "Permissions Entry for Kaspersky Security" window unselect "Uninstall Kaspersky Security", make sure that Type is set to "Allow"
   
7. Switch Type to "Deny" -> click "Clear all" button -> Select "Uninstall Kaspersky Security"
   
8. In the pop-up "Windows Security" window select "Yes"
   
9. If security administrator will try to uninstall KSWS he'll receive the following error message

If you'll apply this settings for KSC\Administrators, then you might lose the list of current KSWS management users.