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Just got this comp about 2 months ago and having issues where Windows Defender refuses to boot up and I can't receive automatic or manually induced windows updates. When I try to kick off a manual update it tells me error code 80096001. If I try to start Defender it says application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba.

Can can I delete it and re-download it? Any suggestions?

Thx in advance.

-Az.

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yh i got that message with defender in xp

you are using vista i assume?

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never had this prob w/xp - YES am having the issue in vista

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