Hello Bquinn,
I quote dean – dean --a regular contributor here:
You might try this. Go to the main Windows Update window and
click on "Installed Updates" (on the left-hand side of the window, at the
bottom), and then remove "Update for Microsoft Windows (KB931099)" (only).
Reboot. Reboot again. Go back to Windows Update, and re-install the same
update, by clicking on the Check for Updates button.
This should essentially re-install Windows Defender on Vista.
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"Bquinn" wrote:
Quote:
> 12/11/2007
>
> Long post, sorry.
> Desktop computer with new clean install of Vista Ultimate about 15 Oct 2007.
> Everything else works. Tried to open and to start to run Windows Defender
> in order to scan my disks and got a message something like this:
>
> Application failed to initialize : 0x800106ba. A problem caused this
> program service to stop. To start the service, restart your computer or
> search Help and Support for how to start a service manually. Did the
> restart, however IT DID NOT CORRECT THE START PROBLEM of Windefend. I went
> to services to try to start it manually by right clicking on the WinDefend
> and selecting start. The message received was:
>
> Windows Defender could not be started.
> System error 2 has occurred
> The system can not find the file specified svchost.exe in the Windows
> System32 folder.
>
> I checked to insure that the file was in the system32 folder. It was.
>
> Check Google and one fellow said that the command: 'net start windefend'
> worked for him. I typed the command: 'net start windefend' and got the
> following messages:
>
> The Windefend service is starting and then
> The Windefend service could not be started
> A system error has occurred
> System error 2 has occurred
> The system cannot find the file specified
>
> Went to the MS download site and downloaded new Defender program and tried
> to install the program over the installed version. Received this message
> when starting the install - "You do not need to install this software
> because Windows Defender is included in Windows Vista. You can access
> Windows Defender from the Security Section of the Control Panel.
>
> Went to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Uninstall or Change a
> program, but Windows Defender was not listed. I guess it was not listed
> since it was included in the release of Vista. Went to msconfig and
> disabled all services and rebooted. Used the command 'net start windefend'
> and got the same system 2 error answer. Computer still operates with no
> other problems noted. I wonder if my security program "Avira Premium
> Security Suite" is blocking the Defender? It shouldn't be true since I
> stopped all services and got the same error.
>
> Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks.
>
> Bill Quinn
>
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