Guest S. Viatoris Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 "Hornet" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > 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.</span> I have the same problem. I have not found the suggested fixes to be useful. Specificially: When 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< I tried to do that and was greeted with "Access Denied" Then Mohit Kapoor wrote:<span style="color:blue"> >Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following</span> 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. < But my WMI repository is consistent. So, the security panel tells me that Windows Defender is off, but Windows Defender tells me it is on. I should add that I have have been using this computer for a week and did not get the notice that Windows Defender was off until today. Please advise. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? There are some that cause problems which do not appear immediately. "S. Viatoris" <S. Viatoris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:396379B3-A9E7-448F-A048-785CEF2D6797@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue"> > > > "Hornet" wrote: ><span style="color:green"> >> 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.</span> > > I have the same problem. I have not found the suggested fixes to be > useful. > > Specificially: > When Mohit Kapoor wrote > Please perform the following to resolve your > issues. > > Open elevated command prompt and type cdwindowssystem32wbem press enter > > Then type ren repository repository.old and press enter< > I tried to do that and was greeted with "Access Denied" > > Then Mohit Kapoor wrote:<span style="color:green"> >>Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following</span> > 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. < > But my WMI repository is consistent. > > So, the security panel tells me that Windows Defender is off, but Windows > Defender tells me it is on. > > I should add that I have have been using this computer for a week and did > not get the notice that Windows Defender was off until today. > > Please advise. > Thank you! </span> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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