Re: Vista *thinks* multiple antivirus programs are installed. Why?
Hi David. Just to clarify, deleting the Repository folder will not affect
your installed Anti-Virus programs in any way. The Repository folder is
where Security Center finds the data it shows in its Control Panel, and it
may be finding stored data that is false or out of date. If Windows
Management sees the data as "consistent", then it will continue to show the
wrong information in Security Center. Forcing Windows to rebuild its
Repository folder may be a way to correct the information shown in Security
Center. If your Anti-Virus program has registered itself, in the registry,
that it is a program that Security Center should reckon, then hopefully the
new Repository data will reflect that, when it rescans your computer for its
(rebuilt) Repository data .
"David" <david@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> dean-dean wrote:
>> Well, you could try the sledgehammer approach:
>>
>> Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type (or Copy and
>> Paste) the following commands, pressing Enter after each one:
>>
>> net stop winmgmt
>> cd %windir%\system32\wbem
>> ren repository repository.old
>> net start winmgmt
>>
>> This will rebuild the Repository.
>>
>> Make sure the following Services are set to Automatic (the default), in
>> Computer Management:
>>
>> Base Filtering Engine
>> Windows Firewall
>> Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
>> DCOM Server Process Launcher
>>
>> In Windows Update, make sure KB935807 is installed.
>>
>> "Refresher" <Refresher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6F84DAB6-8B3D-4B46-8EBD-A1C8F13EB6F5@microsoft.com...
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>> When I ran winmgmt/verifyrepository, I got
>>>
>>> WMI repository is consistent
>>>
>>> "dean-dean" wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could try this:
>>>>
>>>> Right-click Command Prompt (in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories) and
>>>> choose
>>>> Run as
>>>> Administrator. Type (or Copy and Paste) the following command:
>>>>
>>>> winmgmt /verifyrepository
>>>>
>>>> If the system returns "WMI repository is not consistent", type this
>>>> command:
>>>>
>>>> winmgmt /salvagerepository
>>>>
>>>> The first time you run this it will fail. (It will issue stop commands
>>>> to
>>>> the services causing it to fail, saying, "A stop control has been sent
>>>> to
>>>> a
>>>> service that other running services are dependent on"). It might take
>>>> a
>>>> couple minutes for the services to shut down. Run the last command
>>>> again.
>>>> You actually may have to run it 3 times before it finally runs and
>>>> completes
>>>> on its own.
>>>>
>>>> "David" <david@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:_vGdnZfNA87CbjLbnZ2dnUVZ_h2pnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> > JerryM wrote:
>>>> >> Did you reboot after you deleted Kapersky?
>>>> >>
>>>> > That's not the issue. There is a known issue with Vista's Security
>>>> > Center
>>>> > keeping any antivirus or spyware programs hanging around long after
>>>> > they
>>>> > are removed from the system. Cleaning out the registry with a fine
>>>> > toothed comb has no effect. I hope to see this issue address with an
>>>> > update to Vista in the near future.
>>>> >
>>>> > Although I no longer have AVG or Spybot on my Vista machine, Security
>>>> > Center refuses to believe they have been zapped off the system.
>>>> sigh.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>
> as far as i can see, doing that will leave the security center with the
> idea that no antivirus/anti spyware software is installed. seems that's
> throwing out the baby with the bathwater. I certainly wouldnt want to
> spend the 45 minutes it takes to reinstall NIS2007. 
I've installed NIS
> on 2 diff pc's with times running right around 45-50 min for the entire
> process including it pulling all the updates off the 'net, using a high
> speed connection. That's pain I don't want to repeat.
>
> Dave