Microsoft Security Client Message error Code 0x80070002

Question

When I first logon and Windows 8 loads and before I open a website, this message pops up.  It says, " an error has occurred during initialization of the program.  If this problem continues, please contact your system administrator"  The error code is 0x80070002. "  The heading or title of the message is Microsoft Security Client.  This computer is only about a month old and came preloaded with McAfee.  I have not installed or tried to install any other firewalls or malware remover, etc.

Answer 1

When I first logon and Windows 8 loads and before I open a website, this message pops up.  It says, " an error has occurred during initialization of the program.  If this problem continues, please contact your system administrator"  The error code is 0x80070002. "  The heading or title of the message is Microsoft Security Client.  This computer is only about a month old and came preloaded with McAfee.  I have not installed or tried to install any other firewalls or malware remover, etc.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910336

Is McAfee working properly? personally, I'd remove McAfee and let Windows Defender handle things for you.

Windows Defender on Windows 8 wiki:

http://experts.windows.com/w/experts\_wiki/163.aspx

-steve

Answer 2

Hi

Thank you so much for posting in Microsoft Community

Would you be little bit clear

which version of win 8 you are using?

did you tried with other browser?

This problem occurs when some files in the update are missing, even though the update is downloaded and extracted successfully.

remove the download directory, and then visit the update locations again.

1. Stop the Automatic Updates service. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.
   2. Right-click the Automatic Updates service, and then click Stop.
   3. Minimize the Services snap-in.
2. Rename the SoftwareDistribution directory. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
   2. Type cd %windir%, and then press ENTER.
   3. Type ren SoftwareDistribution SDTemp, and then press ENTER
   4. Type exit, and then press ENTER .
3. Note When you remove the %windir%\softwaredistribution folder, the history list is erased from the "Review your Updates" section of the Windows Update Web site. This action will not affect the currently installed updates on your computer. Subsequent updates will appear in the history list.
4. Start the Automatic Updates service. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Maximize the Services snap-in.
   2. Right-click the Automatic Updates service, and then click Start.
   3. Close the Services snap-in window.
5. Visit the Windows Update Web site, the Microsoft Update Web site, or the WSUS server again, and then download an update.
6. If you still receive the same errors, verify that you have correctly performed steps 1 through 3.
7. If you still cannot install the update, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

906602 How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server Update Services installation issues