Daily Archives: February 9, 2010
Windows Defender – 0x800106ba – 0x80071b90
Error Message: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A probelm Caused Windows Defender Service to stop. To Start the service, restart your computer or search Help and Support on how to start a service manually.
Program: Windows Defender
OS: Windows XP
Other Info: Error dialog comes up on boot, Windows defender is in msconfig to boot on start, When starting the defender service manually the service failes with the error: Could not start the Windows Defender Service on the Local Computer. Error 0x80071b90: The system licence has expired. Your logon request is denied.
Solution: Uninstall Windows Defender, and then reinstall Windows Defender. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
2. Click Windows Defender, and then click Remove.
3. Follow the prompts to uninstall Windows Defender.
4. To reinstall Windows Defender, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software
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