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Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

  1. #1


    Peter Guest

    Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    Vista's Security Center is not showing my McAfee products (Vista compatible
    I assure you - they showed OK in my beta RC2 Vista) plus it says that
    Windows Defender is off, but it is very much on.
    When I click "Turn on" all it does is check for updates.
    As I'm having this trouble plus intermittent connectivity problems and can
    never view my internet connection or network for some unknown reason I think
    I'm going to have to format and reinstall.

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    Toronto, Canada
    XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
    P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
    ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
    Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio





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  2. #2


    Rock Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote

    > Vista's Security Center is not showing my McAfee products (Vista
    > compatible I assure you - they showed OK in my beta RC2 Vista) plus it
    > says that Windows Defender is off, but it is very much on.
    > When I click "Turn on" all it does is check for updates.
    > As I'm having this trouble plus intermittent connectivity problems and can
    > never view my internet connection or network for some unknown reason I
    > think I'm going to have to format and reinstall.


    What happens without the McAfee products installed?

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  3. #3


    Peter Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    In the end I reformatted. I was having so many problems. I think caused by
    unwise use of an application called TweakVista.

    Peter
    "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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    > "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote
    >
    >> Vista's Security Center is not showing my McAfee products (Vista
    >> compatible I assure you - they showed OK in my beta RC2 Vista) plus it
    >> says that Windows Defender is off, but it is very much on.
    >> When I click "Turn on" all it does is check for updates.
    >> As I'm having this trouble plus intermittent connectivity problems and
    >> can never view my internet connection or network for some unknown reason
    >> I think I'm going to have to format and reinstall.

    >
    > What happens without the McAfee products installed?
    >
    > --
    > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]



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  4. #4


    Rock Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

    > In the end I reformatted. I was having so many problems. I think caused
    > by unwise use of an application called TweakVista.


    > "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote


    >> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote
    >>
    >>> Vista's Security Center is not showing my McAfee products (Vista
    >>> compatible I assure you - they showed OK in my beta RC2 Vista) plus it
    >>> says that Windows Defender is off, but it is very much on.
    >>> When I click "Turn on" all it does is check for updates.
    >>> As I'm having this trouble plus intermittent connectivity problems and
    >>> can never view my internet connection or network for some unknown reason
    >>> I think I'm going to have to format and reinstall.

    >>
    >> What happens without the McAfee products installed?


    Sounds like a good explanation for the problems. Glad it's sorted out now.

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  5. #5


    Peter Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    Another symptom I was getting was that I got a screen "Press ctrl-alt-delete
    to sign in" before the actual sign in screen...weird. All OK now thank God.

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    Peter
    Toronto, Canada
    XP SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
    P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 4gb DIMM
    "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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    > "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
    >
    >> In the end I reformatted. I was having so many problems. I think caused
    >> by unwise use of an application called TweakVista.

    >
    >> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote

    >
    >>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote
    >>>
    >>>> Vista's Security Center is not showing my McAfee products (Vista
    >>>> compatible I assure you - they showed OK in my beta RC2 Vista) plus it
    >>>> says that Windows Defender is off, but it is very much on.
    >>>> When I click "Turn on" all it does is check for updates.
    >>>> As I'm having this trouble plus intermittent connectivity problems and
    >>>> can never view my internet connection or network for some unknown
    >>>> reason I think I'm going to have to format and reinstall.
    >>>
    >>> What happens without the McAfee products installed?

    >
    > Sounds like a good explanation for the problems. Glad it's sorted out
    > now.
    >
    > --
    > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]



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  6. #6


    Mohit Kapoor Guest

    RE: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    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.

    Restart the computer and check your security center again hopefully
    everything should be working there.

    Thanks and Regards

    Mohit Kapoor

    "Peter" wrote:

    > Vista's Security Center is not showing my McAfee products (Vista compatible
    > I assure you - they showed OK in my beta RC2 Vista) plus it says that
    > Windows Defender is off, but it is very much on.
    > When I click "Turn on" all it does is check for updates.
    > As I'm having this trouble plus intermittent connectivity problems and can
    > never view my internet connection or network for some unknown reason I think
    > I'm going to have to format and reinstall.
    >
    > --
    > Peter
    > Toronto, Canada
    > XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
    > P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
    > ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
    > Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
    >
    >
    >


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  7. #7


    tuckers Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)


    I also have this problem, but with different antivirus (Kaspersky). I
    think it started when I installed a second graphics card.

    I have tried this solution and I get the response: Access is denied. I
    tried running cmd.exe as adminstrator, and it still gave me the error.
    Going in through explorer and doing a rename gives me this message:
    You need permission to do this action".

    I am logged in with my admin account.

    I may try to run in Safe Mode with command prompt to do this.

    Any solutions?


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  8. #8


    dean-dean Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)

    Try this:

    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.

    "tuckers" <tuckers.2qgzbj@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > I also have this problem, but with different antivirus (Kaspersky). I
    > think it started when I installed a second graphics card.
    >
    > I have tried this solution and I get the response: Access is denied. I
    > tried running cmd.exe as adminstrator, and it still gave me the error.
    > Going in through explorer and doing a rename gives me this message:
    > You need permission to do this action".
    >
    > I am logged in with my admin account.
    >
    > I may try to run in Safe Mode with command prompt to do this.
    >
    > Any solutions?
    >
    >
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  9. #9


    tuckers Guest

    Re: Security Center Problems (Vista Ultimate)


    OK, this worked!

    Thanks so much!


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