vista - windows defender won't update   

Hi, I have Vista home premium, My Windows Defender won't update, on the
notification it shows the castle wall with "!" mark. when I go into Windows
Defender, it says "! Check for new definitions." When I click "Check for
updates now," the button just blank out for 10-20 seconds, then it blanks on.
No update or anything, is there a fix to this problem?

NOTE: I have tried "Windows Update error 0x80240029 occurs when you try to
update Windows Defender" -> "Method 2: Rename the SoftwareDistribution folder.
" But it didn't work.

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date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:14:38 GMT   author:   fme008 via WindowsKB.com u31800@uwe

RE: vista - windows defender won't update   

Go ahead and download\update from here 

<http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal> 

go to the Microsoft address specified, and in the right column, download the 
32-bit definitions. 

Good luck
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"fme008 via WindowsKB.com" wrote:

> Hi, I have Vista home premium, My Windows Defender won't update, on the
> notification it shows the castle wall with "!" mark. when I go into Windows
> Defender, it says "! Check for new definitions." When I click "Check for
> updates now," the button just blank out for 10-20 seconds, then it blanks on.
> No update or anything, is there a fix to this problem?
> 
> NOTE: I have tried "Windows Update error 0x80240029 occurs when you try to
> update Windows Defender" -> "Method 2: Rename the SoftwareDistribution folder.
> " But it didn't work.
> 
> -- 
> Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com
> 
>

date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:34:00 -0700   author:   Engel