"Dave M" wrote:

> Mimi;
>
> Windows Defender Beta expired for every user on 12/31/06. If your not
> using the later and final releases of Defender which came out in November
> of 2006 then the program is expired. If your running Windows 2000, that
> operating system is no longer supported by WD. An upgrade to the final RTM
> product release requires a manual download from Microsoft.
>
> From the installation release notes:
>
> "You do not need to remove other antispyware or antivirus programs to run
> Windows Defender. Other programs or Windows Defender might prompt you to
> allow or block an action, but there are no other known incompatibilities
> between Windows Defender and other antispyware or antivirus programs."
>
> I might add, a few of the major competitors do make it more difficult to
> run Defender... but I wouldn't expect Anti Cybercrime to be on that short
> list... I'm speaking of later releases of Norton and McAfee specifically.
> While it's never a good idea to run multiple Anti-virus programs, it's
> actually often recommended to run multiple anti-spyware programs, if not in
> real time at least using a secondary AS as a reality check using background
> on demand scans. I'm personally running 2 other real-time AS programs and
> having no conflicts with Defender, and three others have been run
> concurrently before their trial expired.
> --
>
> Regards, Dave
>
>
> Mimi wrote:
> > Hi... I'm having the very same problem and I can't figure out why I'm
> > getting that message! I haven't "done" anything to my computer and, like
> > some of the others, this started just a few days ago. I removed the
> > program (via Control Panel) but I'm not even sure that I should
> > re-install it because I've got Secure Resolutions Anti Cybercrime (with
> > anti virus, etc., etc., etc.) and I'm afraid that by re-installing the
> > Windows Defender, that they will conflict with each other. Any advice,
> > suggestions??? --
> > Thank you for your help!
> > Mimi
> >
> >
> > "sinseh" wrote:
> >
> >> My windows defender keeps failing to initiate at startup. Instead, I
> >> received a small popup window that said that defender failed to start
> >> and I should either restart my PC, (which I did, and it continues to
> >> fail to initiate), or go to the help and search to start a program
> >> manually. I tried that too, but I get the same popup window about
> >> failure to initiate. What went wrong? How do I get windows Defender
> >> to initiate upon startup like it was before? I can't even find out
> >> which version I am using because it won't open.
> >> Thanks!!
> >> Sinseh
>
>
>

Dan, you are quoting from ancient advice which is no longer relevant. Start
a new thread, and state what happened or didn't as plainly and clearly as
possible.

Please include what version of Windows, and perhaps what other antivirus or
antimalware software you may have installed.

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6BAE4B2B-A4E1-4C69-9520-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> "Dave M" wrote:
>
>> Mimi;
>>
>> Windows Defender Beta expired for every user on 12/31/06. If your not
>> using the later and final releases of Defender which came out in November
>> of 2006 then the program is expired. If your running Windows 2000, that
>> operating system is no longer supported by WD. An upgrade to the final
>> RTM
>> product release requires a manual download from Microsoft.
>>
>> From the installation release notes:
>>
>> "You do not need to remove other antispyware or antivirus programs to run
>> Windows Defender. Other programs or Windows Defender might prompt you to
>> allow or block an action, but there are no other known incompatibilities
>> between Windows Defender and other antispyware or antivirus programs."
>>
>> I might add, a few of the major competitors do make it more difficult to
>> run Defender... but I wouldn't expect Anti Cybercrime to be on that short
>> list... I'm speaking of later releases of Norton and McAfee
>> specifically.
>> While it's never a good idea to run multiple Anti-virus programs, it's
>> actually often recommended to run multiple anti-spyware programs, if not
>> in
>> real time at least using a secondary AS as a reality check using
>> background
>> on demand scans. I'm personally running 2 other real-time AS programs
>> and
>> having no conflicts with Defender, and three others have been run
>> concurrently before their trial expired.
>> --
>>
>> Regards, Dave
>>
>>
>> Mimi wrote:
>> > Hi... I'm having the very same problem and I can't figure out why I'm
>> > getting that message! I haven't "done" anything to my computer and,
>> > like
>> > some of the others, this started just a few days ago. I removed the
>> > program (via Control Panel) but I'm not even sure that I should
>> > re-install it because I've got Secure Resolutions Anti Cybercrime (with
>> > anti virus, etc., etc., etc.) and I'm afraid that by re-installing the
>> > Windows Defender, that they will conflict with each other. Any advice,
>> > suggestions??? --
>> > Thank you for your help!
>> > Mimi
>> >
>> >
>> > "sinseh" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My windows defender keeps failing to initiate at startup. Instead, I
>> >> received a small popup window that said that defender failed to start
>> >> and I should either restart my PC, (which I did, and it continues to
>> >> fail to initiate), or go to the help and search to start a program
>> >> manually. I tried that too, but I get the same popup window about
>> >> failure to initiate. What went wrong? How do I get windows Defender
>> >> to initiate upon startup like it was before? I can't even find out
>> >> which version I am using because it won't open.
>> >> Thanks!!
>> >> Sinseh
>>
>>
>>

What antivirus application are you running?

"dustin M" <dustin (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:40D22F27-14AE-4F69-B993-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have the same problem and u guys keep sayin, that its because of win2k
> and
> xp i'm running vista and have the same problem so it cant be just the
> microsoft explaination that we are getting I what is stopping it from
> running
> on vista and I cant find any downloads for defender for vista.
>
> "sinseh" wrote:
>
>> My windows defender keeps failing to initiate at startup. Instead, I
>> received a small popup window that said that defender failed to start and
>> I
>> should either restart my PC, (which I did, and it continues to fail to
>> initiate), or go to the help and search to start a program manually. I
>> tried
>> that too, but I get the same popup window about failure to initiate.
>> What
>> went wrong? How do I get windows Defender to initiate upon startup like
>> it
>> was before? I can't even find out which version I am using because it
>> won't
>> open.
>> Thanks!!
>> Sinseh

"sinseh" wrote:

> My windows defender keeps failing to initiate at startup. Instead, I
> received a small popup window that said that defender failed to start and I
> should either restart my PC, (which I did, and it continues to fail to
> initiate), or go to the help and search to start a program manually. I tried
> that too, but I get the same popup window about failure to initiate. What
> went wrong? How do I get windows Defender to initiate upon startup like it
> was before? I can't even find out which version I am using because it won't
> open.
> Thanks!!
> Sinseh

Just picked up a Dell Inspirion for nmy 9 year old. Lots of problems with
Dell. I received the message "application failed to initiate 0x800106a for
Windows Defender. After a few hours of trying to fix I decided to unistall
the McAfee trial as I figured in some way the virus programs were
conflicting. I was right. Rebooted after unistalling and Windows Defender is
scanning this Laptop as I write this message. Bouht McAfee program and plan
to instal it in a few minutes. I little afraid to do so. Hope this helps.

"Dave M" wrote:

> Mimi;
>
> Windows Defender Beta expired for every user on 12/31/06. If your not
> using the later and final releases of Defender which came out in November
> of 2006 then the program is expired. If your running Windows 2000, that
> operating system is no longer supported by WD. An upgrade to the final RTM
> product release requires a manual download from Microsoft.
>
> From the installation release notes:
>
> "You do not need to remove other antispyware or antivirus programs to run
> Windows Defender. Other programs or Windows Defender might prompt you to
> allow or block an action, but there are no other known incompatibilities
> between Windows Defender and other antispyware or antivirus programs."
>
> I might add, a few of the major competitors do make it more difficult to
> run Defender... but I wouldn't expect Anti Cybercrime to be on that short
> list... I'm speaking of later releases of Norton and McAfee specifically.
> While it's never a good idea to run multiple Anti-virus programs, it's
> actually often recommended to run multiple anti-spyware programs, if not in
> real time at least using a secondary AS as a reality check using background
> on demand scans. I'm personally running 2 other real-time AS programs and
> having no conflicts with Defender, and three others have been run
> concurrently before their trial expired.
> --
>
> Regards, Dave
>
>
> Mimi wrote:
> > Hi... I'm having the very same problem and I can't figure out why I'm
> > getting that message! I haven't "done" anything to my computer and, like
> > some of the others, this started just a few days ago. I removed the
> > program (via Control Panel) but I'm not even sure that I should
> > re-install it because I've got Secure Resolutions Anti Cybercrime (with
> > anti virus, etc., etc., etc.) and I'm afraid that by re-installing the
> > Windows Defender, that they will conflict with each other. Any advice,
> > suggestions??? --
> > Thank you for your help!
> > Mimi
> >
> >
> > "sinseh" wrote:
> >
> >> My windows defender keeps failing to initiate at startup. Instead, I
> >> received a small popup window that said that defender failed to start
> >> and I should either restart my PC, (which I did, and it continues to
> >> fail to initiate), or go to the help and search to start a program
> >> manually. I tried that too, but I get the same popup window about
> >> failure to initiate. What went wrong? How do I get windows Defender
> >> to initiate upon startup like it was before? I can't even find out
> >> which version I am using because it won't open.
> >> Thanks!!
> >> Sinseh
>
>
>

i thik sonething wrong with windows defender it will not even download on to
laptop

"sinseh" wrote:

> My windows defender keeps failing to initiate at startup. Instead, I
> received a small popup window that said that defender failed to start and I
> should either restart my PC, (which I did, and it continues to fail to
> initiate), or go to the help and search to start a program manually. I tried
> that too, but I get the same popup window about failure to initiate. What
> went wrong? How do I get windows Defender to initiate upon startup like it
> was before? I can't even find out which version I am using because it won't
> open.
> Thanks!!
> Sinseh