Vista - Windows Defender Definitons Out Of Date

LoneStar explained on 2-5-2007 :
> "Mamamegs" <mamamegs@wilgeenmail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.147d7d750966436a.72151@wilgeenmail.invalid...
>>
>> Start up in safe mode, click 'Start'and in the searchbox type
>> %windir%
>> and hit enter. Find the SoftwareDistribution folder, rightclick on
>> it
>> and choose 'rename'. Name the folder SoftwareDistribution.old and
>> restart in normal mode.
>>
>> -- Mamamegs.
>>
>
> Note: your solution obviously works, and there is ANOTHER solution as
> posted by the previous person.

Lonestar, it's _exactly_ the same solution... ;-)

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* Jupiter Jones [MVP]:
> This is not really "workarounds", it is an fix.
> When the data in the folder gets corrupted, renaming/deleting forces
> Windows to recreate a new folder with valid data.
>
> This is also a valid fix for some Windows Update issues.

A real fix would be that it is *fixed* so this "fix"
isn't necessary.


-Michael

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Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> This is not really "workarounds", it is an fix.
> When the data in the folder gets corrupted, renaming/deleting forces
> Windows to recreate a new folder with valid data.
>
> This is also a valid fix for some Windows Update issues.
>

So let me see if I understand this. The software responsible for
downloading critical updates detects something is wrong and does nothing
more than log that 0 updates were found and reference an invalid pid.
It does nothing to alert the user to the problem or correct it, thus
leaving the system potentially vulnerable.

I'm not even going to wonder why there is a dependence on files that are
so easily corrupted.

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Iron Feliks
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Alfred Kaufmann wrote:

> I have Vista Home Premium installed and activated and I have been
> getting this red shield in my task tray telling me the Windows
> Defender definitions are out of date. I have ignored this for a few
> day thinking that sooner or later it will update all by itself.

That should be a lesson to you. You shouldn't ignore Big Brother when he
knocks on your door. You do so at your peril.

Love and Kisses,
Doris


> After
> a few days I got tired of waiting a opened it up and clicked on UPDATE
> NOW. It looks like it starts to download then it quits saying it
> cannot update.
>
> I opened the Windows Defender and tried to get it to update and this
> time I got back an error code 0x80240029. Help!
>
> Al

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Alfred Kaufmann wrote:

> On Wed, 02 May 2007 16:13:08 -0700, Feliks Dzerzhinsky
> <fdzerzhinsky@kgb.su> wrote:
>
>>I, also got this error message today on Vista Ultimate x64, today. One
>>person here coming up with this error in a day, I can understand. Two,
>>and I am getting suspicious. Three, and I have to ask what MS changed
>>at their end to screw things up.
>
> A few days ago a friend that bought the Onecare subscription also ran
> into the same problem but after calling them she was told they had no
> record of her purchase. After providing them the order number her
> problem seems to have resolved itself. Money speaks :-)
>
> Al

Money is the only thing that Microsoft understands. What a greedy bunch.

Love and Kisses,
Doris

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help please! i can not restart in safe mode! if i press and hold f8 the comp
just beeps and then proceed to opening windows in normal mode. could i do
this using normal mode?

"LoneStar" wrote:

>
> "Mamamegs" <mamamegs@wilgeenmail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.147d7d750966436a.72151@wilgeenmail.invalid...
> >
> > Start up in safe mode, click 'Start'and in the searchbox type %windir%
> > and hit enter. Find the SoftwareDistribution folder, rightclick on it
> > and choose 'rename'. Name the folder SoftwareDistribution.old and
> > restart in normal mode.
> >
> > --
> > Mamamegs.
> >
>
> Note: your solution obviously works, and there is ANOTHER solution as posted
> by the previous person. HOWEVER, the bigger point is: WHY does this error
> code exist in the first place!! I have it too, on a new Vista system. I
> shouldn't have to perform "workarounds" to have things work properly.
> Actually, I'm not certain that the Defender error code won't show up again
> the NEXT time it needs updating -- so maybe these "workarounds" will be a
> weekly thing.
> OK....... thanks for listening! I feel better.
> EW
>
>
>

Gubz

Instead of pressing and holding the F8 key, try just tapping the key. Start
tapping the key immediately after pressing the power button and keep tapping
until the boot menu screen appears.

If this does not work, start Vista normally and go to Start and type
msconfig. In the results, click Msconfig.exe. Go to the Boot Tab and in the
boot options section, place a check mark in Safe Boot.

The next time you restart the computer, it will automatically start in Safe
Mode. Before exiting Safe Mode go back and repeat these steps, but remove
the check mark from the Safe Boot option.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"gubz" <gubz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20720BE1-BAD1-4E83-8870-1CFF75985F4D@microsoft.com...
> help please! i can not restart in safe mode! if i press and hold f8 the
> comp
> just beeps and then proceed to opening windows in normal mode. could i do
> this using normal mode?
>
> "LoneStar" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Mamamegs" <mamamegs@wilgeenmail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:mn.147d7d750966436a.72151@wilgeenmail.invalid...
>> >
>> > Start up in safe mode, click 'Start'and in the searchbox type %windir%
>> > and hit enter. Find the SoftwareDistribution folder, rightclick on it
>> > and choose 'rename'. Name the folder SoftwareDistribution.old and
>> > restart in normal mode.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Mamamegs.
>> >
>>
>> Note: your solution obviously works, and there is ANOTHER solution as
>> posted
>> by the previous person. HOWEVER, the bigger point is: WHY does this
>> error
>> code exist in the first place!! I have it too, on a new Vista system. I
>> shouldn't have to perform "workarounds" to have things work properly.
>> Actually, I'm not certain that the Defender error code won't show up
>> again
>> the NEXT time it needs updating -- so maybe these "workarounds" will be a
>> weekly thing.
>> OK....... thanks for listening! I feel better.
>> EW
>>
>>
>>