Hi, chbq.
Based on the error messages in your log, it appears that the conflicts are due to having two antivirus programs installed and, although the log shows MSE is updated, there are errors relating to MSE. In addition, critical security update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967723 appears to have failed to install.
MSE is free for personal use. McAfee is a licensed/paid program. Did you recently pay for a license for McAfee? I have personal preferences -- MSE as a free solution and ESET as a licensed program. However, as I said, those are my personal preferences.
If you elect to stay with McAfee, you need to uninstall MSE. If you elect to stay with MSE, in addition to uninstalling McAfee, you will need to activate the Windows Vista firewall. If would also be advisable to run
http://www.appremover.com/ to remove remnants left behind by McAfee.
If you remove McAfee, to turn on the Windows Firewall, do the following:
-- Open Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Security, and then clicking Windows Firewall.
-- Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
-- Click On (recommended), and then click OK.
The decision is yours as to which program you wish to keep. If you have recently paid for McAfee, then you may want to uninstall MSE.
After uninstalling either MSE or McAfee, please shutdown/restart your computer, I'd like you to run the System File Checker tool to determine whether the issue that you are experiencing is caused by one or more system files that are used by Windows. The System File Checker tool scans system files and replaces incorrect versions of the system files by using the correct versions.
To run the System File Checker tool, follow these steps:
- Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
- Right-click cmd in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator.
- If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Continue
- At the command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER:
sfc /scannow (note the space before the backslash)
- When the scan is complete, shut down/restart the computer.
Next, please go to Control Panel\Security\Windows Update and click on View update history to see if Security Update for Windows Vista (KB967723) was already installed. If not, see if it will install now.
Please let me know the results.