Windows Defender will not auto start

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Andrew

Guest
System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

Windows Defender is set to Auto-start.

At start up, Security Centre gives me the message that Windows Defender is

not turned on, despite it being set to auto-start. Using Security Centre to

turn on WD results in a 5 mins+ search for updates, then it returns a

message saying no updates are available, and WD is still turned off.

WD starts from the "All Programs" menu with no problems.

Any ideas anyone?

TIA

Andrew

 
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Robinb

Guest
make sure you are not running MS One Care

it turns off WD

also if you are running it you need to remove avast because One Care has a

built in antivirus program and you cannot run 2 antivirus programs

robin

"Andrew" <noway@forgetit.com> wrote in message

news:C6D140BB-E2DA-48BB-9F39-F63D191FC1D5@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

> Windows Defender is set to Auto-start.

>

> At start up, Security Centre gives me the message that Windows Defender is

> not turned on, despite it being set to auto-start. Using Security Centre

> to turn on WD results in a 5 mins+ search for updates, then it returns a

> message saying no updates are available, and WD is still turned off.

>

> WD starts from the "All Programs" menu with no problems.

>

> Any ideas anyone?

>

> TIA

> Andrew </span>

 
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SG

Guest
Robin,

No need to uninstall Avast, if you want you can simply disable it from

startup. Later if you decide to run it you can then disable whatever comes

with One Care and then run Avast.

--

All the best,

SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?

https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

"Robinb" <robinbk9_nospam@msn.com> wrote in message

news:ukcM11dlIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> make sure you are not running MS One Care

> it turns off WD

> also if you are running it you need to remove avast because One Care has a

> built in antivirus program and you cannot run 2 antivirus programs

> robin

> "Andrew" <noway@forgetit.com> wrote in message

> news:C6D140BB-E2DA-48BB-9F39-F63D191FC1D5@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green">

>> System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

>> Windows Defender is set to Auto-start.

>>

>> At start up, Security Centre gives me the message that Windows Defender

>> is not turned on, despite it being set to auto-start. Using Security

>> Centre to turn on WD results in a 5 mins+ search for updates, then it

>> returns a message saying no updates are available, and WD is still turned

>> off.

>>

>> WD starts from the "All Programs" menu with no problems.

>>

>> Any ideas anyone?

>>

>> TIA

>> Andrew</span>

>

> </span>

 
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Robinb

Guest
actually not exactly true

all virus protections even disabling them from running in startup will still

run in the backround in some form. I have seen them start a scan even when

not running in startup.

To be safe it is better to uninsall the 2nd virus protection.

There is really no reason to run two of them anyway- that is major overkill

robin

"SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message

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> Robin,

>

> No need to uninstall Avast, if you want you can simply disable it from

> startup. Later if you decide to run it you can then disable whatever comes

> with One Care and then run Avast.

>

> --

> All the best,

> SG

>

> Is your computer system ready for Vista?

> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

>

> "Robinb" <robinbk9_nospam@msn.com> wrote in message

> news:ukcM11dlIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

>> make sure you are not running MS One Care

>> it turns off WD

>> also if you are running it you need to remove avast because One Care has

>> a built in antivirus program and you cannot run 2 antivirus programs

>> robin

>> "Andrew" <noway@forgetit.com> wrote in message

>> news:C6D140BB-E2DA-48BB-9F39-F63D191FC1D5@microsoft.com...<span style="color:darkred">

>>> System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

>>> Windows Defender is set to Auto-start.

>>>

>>> At start up, Security Centre gives me the message that Windows Defender

>>> is not turned on, despite it being set to auto-start. Using Security

>>> Centre to turn on WD results in a 5 mins+ search for updates, then it

>>> returns a message saying no updates are available, and WD is still

>>> turned off.

>>>

>>> WD starts from the "All Programs" menu with no problems.

>>>

>>> Any ideas anyone?

>>>

>>> TIA

>>> Andrew</span>

>>

>></span>

> </span>

 
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Mick Murphy

Guest
And Avast will refuse to install on a computer running another Anti-virus!

--

Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

"SG" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Robin,

>

> No need to uninstall Avast, if you want you can simply disable it from

> startup. Later if you decide to run it you can then disable whatever comes

> with One Care and then run Avast.

>

> --

> All the best,

> SG

>

> Is your computer system ready for Vista?

> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

>

> "Robinb" <robinbk9_nospam@msn.com> wrote in message

> news:ukcM11dlIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

> > make sure you are not running MS One Care

> > it turns off WD

> > also if you are running it you need to remove avast because One Care has a

> > built in antivirus program and you cannot run 2 antivirus programs

> > robin

> > "Andrew" <noway@forgetit.com> wrote in message

> > news:C6D140BB-E2DA-48BB-9F39-F63D191FC1D5@microsoft.com...<span style="color:darkred">

> >> System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

> >> Windows Defender is set to Auto-start.

> >>

> >> At start up, Security Centre gives me the message that Windows Defender

> >> is not turned on, despite it being set to auto-start. Using Security

> >> Centre to turn on WD results in a 5 mins+ search for updates, then it

> >> returns a message saying no updates are available, and WD is still turned

> >> off.

> >>

> >> WD starts from the "All Programs" menu with no problems.

> >>

> >> Any ideas anyone?

> >>

> >> TIA

> >> Andrew</span>

> >

> > </span>

>

> </span>

 
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Andrew

Guest
Thanks everybody, but I am not running One Care.

See oringinal post:<span style="color:blue"><span style="color:green"><span style="color:darkred">

>> >> System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

>> >> Windows Defender is set to Auto-start. </span></span></span>

 
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Andrew

Guest
Thanks everybody, but I am not running One Care. See original post:<span style="color:blue"><span style="color:green"><span style="color:darkred">

>> >> System: Vista Business Edition, avast! free edition, Windows Firewall.

>> >> Windows Defender is set to Auto-start.</span></span></span>

Only one AV and there is no way I am turning it off.

 
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