RE: Help with Windows Defender, it will not run!

[Guest Markus Maximus09]

Hi Gang !

I am having very similar problems with Windows Defender. Even though I have

done everything in my power and knowledge to disable it and let my Norton

Symantec 2008 wall to wall Security program control things, I can't get the

remaining 8,9 drivers etc., uninstalled. [Windows will NOT let me change

attributes so I can finish uninstalling Win Def. completely !] : neither as

an administrator, or even as the creator/owner ? What's up with this ? Norton

has new definitions, updates every day or at least three times week with

REAL updated protection. Windows Defender doesn't do anything even close to

that. All it does is sit there and give my nb's security software problems as

it attempts to disable/close Norton and open itself as the #1 protector in

the security heirarchy; hence my decision to get RID of Windows Defender. It

was great for early XP when WinDef was first released, however it cannot

handle the vast amount of realtime protection when running VISTA HomePremium

and MS Office, MS Gallery, etc., which really slow down my dv9548us HP

notebook. I was going to order 4 g's of RAM but after an honest discussion

with a REAL American customer rep @ Hewlett-Packard who told me about the 3.5

g ceiling on usuable RAM for 32 bit systems ,so I did not. I have been

putting off d/l & installing Win VISTA SP1 update

up until now hoping that MS would produce a revised version that REALLY

works and doesn't wreak havoc on other drivers and Windows programs.

Unfortunately it looks as though MS is pushing VISTA into the curb and

focusing all their attention on Windows "7". Somebody please tell me that

downloading and installing SP1 is really a good idea and has made your VISTA

experience so much better...anyone out there ??"

 

Mark

Albuquerque, NM

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Engel" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Hello Justin,

>

> Error message when you run Windows Defender: "Error Code 0x800106ba"

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931849

>

> --

>

> "Justin" wrote:

> <span style="color:green">

> > I'm having trouble with windows defender every time I try to open it up a

> > message suddenly appears that says," application failed to initialize:

> > 0x800106ba." The message continues by saying, "a program caused windows

> > defender's service to stop." I've tried to open it up maually but it won't

> > let me and this message keeps poping up. What should I do? I tried to

> > uninstall it and reinstall it but I do not know how.

> > PLEASE HELP!!!

> > ---

> > Justin</span></span>