I am having trouble fixing my Windows Defender and need some assistance. Every time I boot up my computer, I am prompted with this error message:
"Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused Windows Defender service to stop. To start the service, restart your computer or search Help and Support on how to start the service manually."
When I go to Start -> Run -> Services.msc and try and start WinDefend I get this error message:
"Windows could not start the WinDefend service on Local Computer. Error 126: The specified module could not be found."
and when I right-click on WinDefend and go to properties, I get this error message:
"The system cannot find the file specified."
Now, all of this started after I used a program called Registry Easy to "clean" my computer. I'm assuming this messed up the Windows Defender registry keys and thus creating this problem. Now I am lost at how to fix it, the program's built in registry back-up that was created before the "cleaning" failed to restore functionality. I used this program because my computer is locking up during random times of use, which unfortunately is still happening.
I tried the steps on this page:
http://support.micro...om/?kbid=931849
but to no avail. Windows Defender is not listed under Programs and Features thus I cannot uninstall it. When I attempt to install Windows Defender, I am prompted with this message:
"You do not need to install this software because Windows Defender is included in Windows Vista. You can access Windows Defender from the Security section of the Windows Control Panel."
I then tried the last step on that page which was:
4. If this issue is not resolved after you complete step 3, follow this step:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 file name, and then click OK.
Note In this step, file name is a placeholder for the following files.
Repeat this procedure for the following files:
* wuapi.dll
* wuaueng.dll
* wucltui.dll
* wups.dll
* wuweb.dll
* atl.dll
* softpub.dll
* wintrust.dll
* initpki.dll
* mssip32.dll
Almost all of them failed with error message:
"The module "FILE NAME.dll" was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005."
From other forums I looked at, I tried running "sfc /scannow" in an administrative command prompt but to no avail. It said:
"Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."
I ran a full anti-virus scan with avast! which came back with no reports.
I ran a hard-drive error check but to no avail.
My drives aren't defragmented, I use Diskeeper 2010.
I'm out of ideas from here..
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks.