dean-dean

If you are using Windows Live OneCare, then that will turn off Defender and
Windows Firewall, because it uses its own program for that. If you haven't
installed OneCare, then try this:

Right-click Command Prompt (in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories) and Run as
Administrator. Type (or Copy and Paste) the following command:

winmgmt /verifyrepository

If the system returns "WMI repository is not consistent", type this command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

The first time you run this it will fail. It will issue stop commands to
the services causing it to fail (saying, "A stop control has been sent to a
service that other running services are dependent on"). It might take a
couple minutes for the services to shut down. Run the last command again.
You actually may have to run it 3 times before it finally runs and completes
on its own.


"Daniel Hirons" <DanielHirons@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF5D06B1-4C6E-42CA-8C23-47D18AA18671@microsoft.com...
> Yes, that's exactly the same as what I initially got. It said that my
> firewall was turned off so I turned it back on - and that sorted the
> problem.
> However, I am getting the same problem as you with the windows defender
> because Norton antivirus is saying that my computer is safe and windwos
> defender also says that everything is working but I still get it saying
> that
> there is no widnwos defender on the security centre. But to be honest why
> should I have to unistall Norton Antivirus when I've paid £20 for it and
> it
> says that it does work on Windows Vista?
> --
> Dan
>
>
> "AMM" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've just experienced the exact same problem as Daniel Hirons had in my
>> activated Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. I've been using activated
>> Norton
>> 360 for the past few months now with no problems so far, when earlier
>> today I
>> was alerted with a Windows Security Center notification. I checked the
>> Security Center to find two red alerts: one relating to Windows Firewall
>> turned off; the other, to lack of virus protection as well as Windows
>> Defender turned off. This is strange as these warnings have appeared in
>> spite
>> of Norton 360 on green condition, stating that my PC is being protected;
>> Windows Defender also gives a thumbs up, stating that my "computer is
>> running
>> normally". This is the first time I have received such warnings and as I
>> try
>> turning on Windows Defender, I am informed that there are no new updates
>> available at the moment and the program remains not functioning. So what
>> I
>> did was I ran System Restore twice: one to the latest Windows Update
>> restore
>> point; the other to the latest System Scheduled restore point. However,
>> both
>> attempts have resulted with failure, saying that windows settings have
>> not
>> been restored.
>>
>> Just as additional points, I am quite a fan of utorrent and downloading
>> numerous programs, with caution of course, and my wife is quite an online
>> game addict. Most of the time I'm online, connected through DSL with an
>> Edimax router. Additionally, I have two other spyware protection (not
>> real-time) which I've downloaded from download.com and run them rather
>> occasionally for safety.
>>
>> I hope I will soon receive some help since at the moment I am quite loyal
>> to
>> Norton 360. I could have transfered to ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite
>> 7.1
>> but I find that it takes too much time to load on startup and has caused
>> me
>> to lose connection to the internet.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help