SOLUTION: HOW TO UPDATE WINDOWS DEFENDER

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A general message to anyone who has trouble with updates:

CONDITION:
1- Yellow icon keeps showing up in toolbar
2- Or Same update does not install when downloaded from Microsoft Updates

To UPDATE, first remove previous update by copying the following line, use
Start-> RUN and type or copy this line:

Msiexec /x {A5CC2A09-E9D3-49EC-923D-03874BBD4C2C}

Then, use Microsoft Update to install the update. It has worked every time
so far for me. I suggest a simple page be posted on here, but currently,
there is a larger one in the help section:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915105.
Current version as of March 15, 2006 is:

Windows Defender Version: 1.1.1051.0
Engine Version: 1.1.1186.0
Signature Version: 1.14.1315.1

REASON: Windows update does not uninstall the previous version yet,
therefore a new version cannot be installed. This is a simple step for any
user to perform in for beta program.

EXTRA NOTE: Keep an eye on your version in your menu. Open Windows defender
and look at the Signature Version at the bottom of the program. If the last 5
numbers are different from what you see above, check with Microsoft Update
program to see if a new version was installed.
 
FINALLY I got my answer!!!!After 3weeks of banging my head against the
wall..thank you, thank you,a thousand times thank you!!!!
 
You are most welcome! By the way... the newer version update should have the
problem corrected by now. I don't know how old your version is or if you just
downloaded it, but if you continue to need to do this, the newest version can
be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en
.... but the engine may have updated for you... this is the most updated
version I believe as of 7/25/06 is:

Windows Defender Version: 1.1.1347.0
Engine Version: 1.1.1508.0
Definition Version: 1.14.1637.1

This definition version was created on 7/25/06 at 2:11 PM...

Best wishes,
Jordan
 
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