windows xp Can't Access or Update Microsoft Security Essentials

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After years with no problem I cannot access MSE. On booting I get a dialogue box saying ""An error has occured in the program during initialization. If this problem continue please contact your system administrator. Error Code 0x80070715". If I try to

access MSE to update from the task bar or Programs I get the same message. If I try Microsoft Update it shows a critical update for MSE being KB 2804527 (4.2.223.1) which will download but not intall. The message says the update was not installed even though

it apparently dowloaded. I tried system restore to no avail. I googled the error code and tried some suggested fixes but found nothing to fix the problem. Please help.

 

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