Windows Defender Stops Working
Windows Defender stops working. When I restart the serive, I get the following error message: "Could not start the windows defender service on local computer. Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified." I am running on Windows XP Home Edition OS. Windows Defender version is 1.1.1593.0.
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I already tried this several times. Defender runs for about a minute then stops abbruptly. I also downloaded a critical update to NET Framework 2 from Windows Update. I re-installed Defender. This time it ran about 4 minutes performing a scan, then it abbruptly stopped.
sorry, i wish i could help more with this but this problem is very odd, did you check any knowledge base articles on microsoft?
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I did not really see a solution on microsoft knowledge based artliciels. Thanks for the ideas.
I had a very similar issue - see https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23044552/Windows-Defender-Fails-to-start.html
I ended up having to re-install Vista !
I ended up having to re-install Vista !
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I read that list of solutions before I asked my question. I saw you had VISTA, but my OS is XP. My Binary Path Name is empty. If someone could tell me how to enter the Binary Path Name, that may fix my problem.
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Then reinstall from Microsoft web site.