Security Center says that Windows Defender is turned off

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 exactly the same problem. I just installed Windows Vista business
version. It is annoying. Can we send this problem to Microsoft?

"Hornet" wrote:

> 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.

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

"Hornet" wrote:

> 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.

Can you give me more details and step by step instructions on what I have to
do please. I'm not very IT literate.
Thanks.

"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.
>
> Restart the computer and check your security center again hopefully
> everything should be working there.
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Mohit Kapoor
>
> "Hornet" wrote:
>
> > 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.

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.

"Hornet" wrote:

> Can you give me more details and step by step instructions on what I have to
> do please. I'm not very IT literate.
> Thanks.
>
> "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.
> >
> > Restart the computer and check your security center again hopefully
> > everything should be working there.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards
> >
> > Mohit Kapoor
> >
> > "Hornet" wrote:
> >
> > > 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.

Thanks for the fix. I've been looking for this for months now. It had
happened on another computer and I was worried it was a sign of
malware.

The second fix works a charm. You need to restart after you run it the
2 or 3 times for the warning to go away.

Wahey.


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Can you please help me? I have the same problem as described above but
the fix is not working!

I get this messsage:

"WMI repository verification failed
Error code: 0x80004002
Facility: <Null>
Description: No such interface supported"


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Hi, petar,

If you have Windows One care installed,
It and other virus programs turn off Windows Defender,
since they have there own programs running in its place.

Jerry

"petar" <petar.2y24nd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
newsetar.2y24nd@xxxxxx

Their instead of there,
My spell checker didn't read my mind on that one.

Jerry
"JerryM" <jerrym526@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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All it says is WMI repository is consistent, however the security center
still says the defender is off and i cannot update it. I tried installing the
32-bit fix and that didn't work either

"Mohit Kapoor" wrote: