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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Brian, I saw that same article (and several more) last night, all referring to the system32 issue. No good. For the first one, it's just allowing changing the DisableAntivirus parameter (and another for file protection) for Defender in the registry. It seems like many people have installed...
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- Post #47
- Apr 20, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Finally! First step ran about 3 1/2 hours, all the rest in another 1 1/2. Still no good. There's something peculiar now. When I click on Turn on Spyware Protection in the flags area, Defender comes up (and then I can't proceed, as usual). But if I click Turn on Virus Protection, it brings...
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- Post #45
- Apr 20, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Brian, I'll just let it run... but it's now over 3 hours and still on that step! It makes me wonder if something is wrong. Too bad it can't assess approximately how long each step might take and show me the progress, but alas, no such information is there. It's not just the Action Center that...
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- Post #44
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Maybe it was a mistake to run the entire repair...2 hours and still on the first step (reset registry permissions). I'll let it go a while, but not sure how long 46 steps might take!
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- Post #41
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Must be too big, so it's in Dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3vdik34cv6bz3v/MPSupportFiles.zip?dl=0
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- Post #40
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

I didn't see your later post, so I'll try that now and send to you soon.
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- Post #39
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Brian, I really appreciate your help...I know you tried everything! I'll think about what I want to do next. I know Windows 10 is coming. So I might just use Avast, as you suggested, until then, and then I would think the upgrade to Windows 10 would fix the problem, while keeping all...
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- Post #38
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

No luck. I had high hopes for this one...during the first repair (WMI), a notification showed on the tray saying that protection needed to be turned on. I didn't do anything, but I did notice it and hoped it meant it might work after reboot. But no!
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- Post #35
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Well, there is a minor difference, and I don't know when it changed. I still have the action center reporting the same two issues. But if I click on either of those errors (after clicking on the flag in the tray), they each just display a little clock on them. Maybe that means that mpam-fe is...
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- Post #33
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Yes, I still have the two issues.
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- Post #32
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

I tried running mpam-fe as admin, and at least it does ask for permission now. But still nothing displays.
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- Post #30
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

I rebooted and tried double-clicking on mpam-fe.exe again. Same thing...hourglass shows for 10-15 seconds, as if it's "trying", but then the hourglass goes away, and I get no prompts or information. Task Manager shows very minor disk or cpu activity. Since I seem to be unable to run this...
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- Post #29
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Brian, sorry but I didn't see your messages until a few minutes ago. I never got any email notifications....maybe because I left this browser window open. 1. I uninstalled Silverlight, but that did not fix the problem. I believe I only needed if for Amazon streaming and haven't used that...
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- Post #28
- Apr 19, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

I have gotten rid of SystemContinue and Red Adblocker since you saw those entries in my files. I don't even know how I got those programs, but they are no longer in my installed programs. There may be some "remnants" showing in the registry, but there definitely are no such programs any more...
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- Post #22
- Apr 18, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] Windows Defender gets various errors and won't install updates

Brian, it's easier for me to attach both files instead of copy/paste. I hope that's okay with you.
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- Post #20
- Apr 18, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update

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