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had this for a while and no problems. today, tried to
open it and got an error message " microsoft antispyware
has encountered a critical error (Error 101)"
 
Steve Dodson has since posted a possible fix for this
issue:

We have a possible workaround in place for the 101 error.
Please test this and provide feedback on the following
steps:

For Windows XP Professional:
To change the setting on Windows XP Professional,
open "Local Security Policy" in Administrative Tools, or
run secpol.msc. You need to be an admin to use this tool.
In the left pane, browse to Security Settings \ Local
Policies \ Security Options. The policy name is "System
objects: Default owner for objects created by members of
the Administrators group". The allowable settings
are "Administrators group" or "Object creator". Change it
to "Administrators group." After that change has been
made, please refresh the policy by
typing: "gpupdate /force" from a command prompt.

For Windows XP Home Edition:

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about
modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up
and make sure that you understand how to restore the
registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to
back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the
following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
The "Local Security Policy" snap-in is not available on
Windows XP Home Edition. To change the setting on XP Home,
you need to modify the Registry directly. Please back up
your registry in case you need to restore it. If you do
not feel comfortable doing this, do not try this
workaround.

In Regedit, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa.
Find the value
called "nodefaultadminowner". The supported values are "0"
for "Administrators group", or "1" for "Object creator".
Set the value to 0.

Please provide feedback if this is working.
 
I get this 101 error also and ran the instructions below.
Also uninstalled antispyware and downloaded and installed a
new copy and am still getting the 101 error.

The other anomonily that has occured at some time I can'
t access my properties in Network Connections, Lan Hi-Speed
Internet. Can on all the other dialups and pppoe
connections! It tells me you do not have sufficient
privileges. I am the Administrator with password on this
home machine. I have installed another network card and get
the same thing. I know this is off antispyware but am lost
on where to go for help.
 
From SD:
We have a possible workaround in place for the 101 error. Please test this
and provide feedback on the following steps:

For Windows XP Professional:
To change the setting on Windows XP Professional, open "Local Security
Policy" in Administrative Tools, or run secpol.msc. You need to be an admin
to use this tool. In the left pane, browse to Security Settings \ Local
Policies \ Security Options. The policy name is "System objects: Default
owner for objects created by members of the Administrators group". The
allowable settings are "Administrators group" or "Object creator". Change it
to "Administrators group." After that change has been made, please refresh
the policy by typing: "gpupdate /force" from a command prompt.

For Windows XP Home Edition:

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For
information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
The "Local Security Policy" snap-in is not available on Windows XP Home
Edition. To change the setting on XP Home, you need to modify the Registry
directly. Please back up your registry in case you need to restore it. If
you do not feel comfortable doing this, do not try this workaround.

In Regedit, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa. Find the value
called "nodefaultadminowner". The supported values are "0" for
"Administrators group", or "1" for "Object creator". Set the value to 0.

Please provide feedback if this is working.
 
running XP home edition so edited the registry as
suggested. This made no difference - i still cannot run
the software.

I tried re-booting and this set the value back to '1' and
still no luck.

any more suggestions?
 
-----Original Message-----
had this for a while and no problems. today, tried to
open it and got an error message " microsoft antispyware
has encountered a critical error (Error 101)"
.
Have you found a solution to your "101" error? I am
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getting the same error. I've uninstalled, reinstalled,
still getting same error.
 
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