What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? There
are some that cause problems which do not appear immediately.
"S. Viatoris" <S. Viatoris@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Hornet" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I have Windows Defender running normally on Windows Vista (the task-bar
>> icon
>> is showing that Defender is on and running ok) but the Security Center is
>> telling me that Windows Defender is turned off and there is a button to
>> turn
>> it on. However, when I press the Turn On button (even though I know it
>> is
>> already turned on) I get the message: "Security Center is updating
>> definitions for Window Defender". After "searching for definitions" I
>> get
>> the message: "There are no new definitions available to download for
>> Windows
>> Defender". I'd like to solve this because the Security Center icon is
>> always
>> showing me that I have a Security Alert.
>
> I have the same problem. I have not found the suggested fixes to be
> useful.
>
> Specificially:
> When Mohit Kapoor wrote > Please perform the following to resolve your
> issues.
>
> Open elevated command prompt and type cd\windows\system32\wbem press enter
>
> Then type ren repository repository.old and press enter<
> I tried to do that and was greeted with "Access Denied"
>
> Then Mohit Kapoor wrote: Quote:
>>Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following
> command:
>
> winmgmt /verifyrepository
>
> If the system returns "WMI repository is not consistent", run 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. It might take a couple minutes for the
> services to shut down). Run the command again. You actually may have to
> run it 3 times before it finally runs and completes on its own.
>
> Reboot your system. <
> But my WMI repository is consistent.
>
> So, the security panel tells me that Windows Defender is off, but Windows
> Defender tells me it is on.
>
> I should add that I have have been using this computer for a week and did
> not get the notice that Windows Defender was off until today.
>
> Please advise.
> Thank you!