Security errors in Vista

Each time I boot up I get multiple security errors. It is a Mesh Machine
with Windows Vista; I have had the machine for about 6 weeks, but the problem
has only arisen in the last 3 weeks.
Malware protection states “Windows did not find any antivirus software on
this computer�. But I am running AVG, fully activated.

Spyware and other protection states “Windows Defender is turned off�. It
isn’t, it is on.

Any ideas

Hi Fletch,

Windows Defender will still run manually or on a schedule even though it it turned off. Security Center is referring to it's real-time protection status. Might go into Windows Defender and double check it.

1. open Defender
2. click on TOOLS
3. click on OPTIONS
4. scroll down a bit
5. make sure "Use real-time protection (recommended)" is checked
6. click SAVE button to apply

What are the other warnings that you are getting?

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Brink, thanks for this - Real time protection is checked.
The messages from Security centre are:
"Windows Defender is turned off" - when I click on available options I
either have the choice of monitoring my own anti spyware or going online to
get an anti-spyware programme.
And
Malware protection states “Windows did not find any antivirus software on
this computer�. But I am running AVG, fully activated. I then have the
option of monitoring it myself or going online to get an antivirus programme
Both AVG and Windows Defender are switched on and working properly!

Fletch

"brink" wrote:

>
> Hi Fletch,
>
> Windows Defender will still run manually or on a schedule even though
> it it turned off. Security Center is referring to it's real-time
> protection status. Might go into Windows Defender and double check it.
>
> 1. open Defender
> 2. click on TOOLS
> 3. click on OPTIONS
> 4. scroll down a bit
> 5. make sure "Use real-time protection (recommended)" is checked
> 6. click SAVE button to apply
>
> What are the other warnings that you are getting?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

Ah, you have a minor conflict between Windows Defender & AVG. Being AVG's fault. It seems AVG is not recognized by Vista even though it's running, and AVG is causing Windows Defender to show not running even though it is. Not a major problem, but here are some options.

You can dump AVG, since it's the trouble maker and use another anti-virus until AVG is more Vista compatiblie. I use Avast Home Edition (free) & never had any problems. It's free, but you still need to register it. Here's a link :
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

You can also disable the Security Center's warnings. However, this will stop all notifications. You'll have to manually check in Security Center to see if there was any problems if you disable. If this is what you'd rather do, then post here and I'll give instructions.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

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.

"Fletch" <Fletch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:464EECF1-E5FC-49A2-810A-C7AF807299AF@microsoft.com...
> Each time I boot up I get multiple security errors. It is a Mesh Machine
> with Windows Vista; I have had the machine for about 6 weeks, but the
> problem
> has only arisen in the last 3 weeks.
> Malware protection states “Windows did not find any antivirus software on
> this computer�. But I am running AVG, fully activated.
>
> Spyware and other protection states “Windows Defender is turned off�. It
> isn’t, it is on.
>
> Any ideas
>

Excellent, many thanks - problem fixed

"dean-dean" wrote:

> 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.
>
> "Fletch" <Fletch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:464EECF1-E5FC-49A2-810A-C7AF807299AF@microsoft.com...
> > Each time I boot up I get multiple security errors. It is a Mesh Machine
> > with Windows Vista; I have had the machine for about 6 weeks, but the
> > problem
> > has only arisen in the last 3 weeks.
> > Malware protection states “Windows did not find any antivirus software on
> > this computer�. But I am running AVG, fully activated.
> >
> > Spyware and other protection states “Windows Defender is turned off�. It
> > isn’t, it is on.
> >
> > Any ideas
> >
>
>

Dean Dean - you are a life saver. I have no idea how you would know of that
fix but the problem was driving me batty. I followed your instructions and
presto!
Thanks also for including that I needed to run the command at least 3 times.
I would have given up without that small piece of info.
Thanks again

"dean-dean" wrote:

Just tried this and I've hit a new problem, when I type winmgmt
/verifyrepository into cmd it comes back with: winmgmt is not recoginzed as
an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Any ideas how to fix this, think this could be the root casue of Windows
Security Center giving false readings

"dean-dean" wrote: