Thank you Engel for your help. Did the uninstall of KB931 099 update as
outlined in your message, rebooted two times, and then ran the update
program which did reinstall the KB931 099 and KB915 579.
I still get those same error messages so the Defender is not fixed. Since
the computer is running OK with those problems maybe I should stop trying to
fix it --- or should I say live with it.
Again thanks for you help and interest.
Bill Quinn
"Engel" <Engel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> 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.
> --
>
>
> "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
>>
>>