"The handle is invalid" error message when starting Defender

[Guest]

I installed Defender Beta 2 (after uninstalling Antispyware Beta 1 using
Add/Remove Programs) and it was running fine. However, after I restarted my
machine, I'm now getting an "Application failed to initialize: 0x80070006.
The handle is invalid." error message on startup and when I manually try to
launch Defender, and Defender doesn't run.

Anyone know what's causing this error, or how to fix it? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Could you verify the WinDefend service is running happily? Net start
windefend from the command line should say it's already running. What
platform and language are you on?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Guest]

Hi Joe,

(Sorry, I just saw your reply on the web-based interface; I guess the
"Notify me of replies" option in the Reply window didn't work.)

I already did a reinstall, and it works now. The WinDefend service is
running. After the reinstall I had a problem with the app not finding any
updated definitions for 20 days, but an uninstall of the AS_Sigs.MSI file
fixed it.

As for your last question, I am running on an English XP Pro SP2 laptop.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Joe posts via NNTP. There's a process to synch the NNTP and the HTML
forums, and sometimes it is not very speedy. Once the HTML forum sees the
post, it should do the notifying--that's been reliable for me when I have
used it.