Un-installed my old anti-virus today and tried to activate my windows defender program . It wouldnt work :( The first error message i was getting is differnt then the one im gettin now . The error message i keep getting now is some error code followed by "operation timed out". I am runnin windows vista sp 2. I am also not very computer savy. I searched a few links before posting, but I dont speak brail :P http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/1897827f-f9ff-4018-b72c-30deee560825/ and then i looked at this one , again to no avail -- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistasecurity/thread/911f514d-0017-4f72-b97f-ddde37b1a795

I'd ask them here. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/mse http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsvista Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional -Microsoft MVP [Windows]

This is not the correct forum to ask issue related to Windows Vista or Windows Defender. As a suggustion, you can install MSE as an option: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/Shaon Shan| TechNet Subscriber Support in forum| If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com