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Windows Security Center won't turn on (and isn't listed)
Hi everyone. Here is my problem - I'll include all the details I can.
I'm running Win 7 64 bit home premium on a Sony Vaio VPCEB11FM laptop.
Yesterday I did a Windows Update and when I restarted I saw the problem start.
First I was having a SmartWi configuration utility problem that popped up twice on startup. Then I saw a pop up that states: oobefcdregistration has stopped working
I installed Malware Bytes and did both that and McAfee scans which both came up with nothing. System restore wouldn't work saying there was a transient error. Suddenly McAfee stopped working. I tried reinstalling but it was giving me nothing but problems. McAfee tech support seems to have fixed the problem, but a few viruses kept popping up (one is ZeroAccess, I can't remember the other one). I was also able to do a system restore in safe mode but it seems like all checkpoints are now gone.
Upon restarting I still got those errors, along with oobesendinfo has stopped working.
I disabled the smartwi utility on startup and now that error as well as the oobesendinfo has stopped working both stopped (but the other oobefcdregistration still pops up).
Now I noticed that my Windows Security Center Service is disabled. When I click for it to turn on it says "The Windows Security Center can't be started." It's also not listed in the services.msc
I tried the system file checker which said it fixed some errors, but apparently not, since upon restart the problem is still there!
I've also checked out this thread but I'm not really sure of what everything means:
The Windows Security Center service can't be started.
Also, Sony Care's "one click care" isn't working. I click it and nothing happens.
Please help!!! Thank you so much!!!
Last edited by fan1bsb97; 13 Jun 2012 at 20:23.