Hi,
For some reason, recently I’ve been getting a message from Windows security telling me that
“Avast Antivirus 4.8.1201 reports that it is turned off”
How did this happen and how do I turn it back on? I have 4.8 home edition, Windows XP SP2.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Kim
This is a common problem with WSC. I don’t know if you are using Vista or XP these should work for XP, I don’t know about Vista but the bottom option may work.
WSC doesn’t detect avast! (or turned off, etc.) - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/help/wmi.mspx#EQKAC
Windows XP SP2, Start, Run, type cmd and click OK from the command prompt type ‘rundll32 wbemupgd, RepairWMISetup’ without the quotes and enter.
[quote]Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2
If you are running Windows XP, Service Pack 2 you can use a single command to detect and repair a corrupted WMI Repository. To do so, type the following from the command prompt (note that the parameter UpgradeRepository is case-sensitive and must be typed exactly as shown):
rundll32 wbemupgd, UpgradeRepository
Or
* Click Start, Run and type CMD.EXE
- Type this command and press Enter:
net stop winmgmt
Using Windows Explorer, rename the folder %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository. (For example, %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository_bad.). %windir% represents the path to the Windows directory, which is typically C:\Windows.
Switch to Command Prompt window, and type the following and press ENTER after each line:
net start winmgmt
EXIT
Reboot