Signature updates still looping

[Guest]

Since pretty much day 1, every signature update I've tried to install through
the auto-updater has failed. Obviously running Msiexec /x
{A5CC2A09-E9D3-49EC-923D-03874BBD4C2C} then internally updating does the
trick. Are other people only having occasional problems updating, or is it a
problem every time for you guys too?

I'm running XP home sp2, and have reinstalled Defender more times than I'd
care to count...

 

[plun]

Hi

Try this tool and "Flush Softwaredistribution".
(Start with only a flush, button within step 3)

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About Dial-a-fix
http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix

regards
plun

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Does reinstalling Windows Defender ever fix any of the symptoms that cause
you to take that action?

I'm curious--I don't have any specific symptom that would cause me to
recommend that action--so I'm trying to see whether others are trying this
because it worked, for, say, beta1--or whether there really is some reason
to believe that this works in beta2, for some specific problem?

 

[Jacek Kolonko]

Does reinstalling Windows Defender ever fix any of the symptoms that cause
you to take that action?

I'm curious--I don't have any specific symptom that would cause me to
recommend that action--so I'm trying to see whether others are trying this
because it worked, for, say, beta1--or whether there really is some reason
to believe that this works in beta2, for some specific problem?

I think it is: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/915105
I never had problems like this but I believe there were many issues so
somene wrote this KB article.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I think it is: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/915105
I never had problems like this but I believe there were many issues so
somene wrote this KB article.

That article is about a specific circumstance--a bug that occurs if you
uninstall and then reinstall Windows Defender.

I've still not heard a persuasive argument for doing that
uninstall/reinstall in the first place.

I'm not going to say there isn't one--but I haven't seen an issue in these
groups that uninstalling and reinstalling is a proven fix for.

 

[Guest]

Since pretty much day 1, every signature update I've tried to install through
the auto-updater has failed. Obviously running Msiexec /x
{A5CC2A09-E9D3-49EC-923D-03874BBD4C2C} then internally updating does the
trick. Are other people only having occasional problems updating, or is it a
problem every time for you guys too?

I'm running XP home sp2, and have reinstalled Defender more times than I'd
care to count...

 

[Guest]

For the last 2 days The same update has been downloaded and installed every
time I get on the web. I have turned off Automatic updat, but it still
notifies me that the update is ready to download.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915105

(apply the steps in this article even though the premise may not appear to
apply.)

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