Found if you look in windows & locate program data/Windows Defender you should find recent or default update defs files, maybe located in a folder eg {82DC2955-985C-44FF-BC0E-9DDDA6A03C7F} or something like. Then you can save these files & mount your updated wim & paste the saved files straight in & commit & save your changes.

This is especially useful if you update & reinstall your source frequently without the hassle of updating following a fresh install etc.

Hope someone finds this useful.

old news, but still the best way to do it.

Yep I have a WinRAR sfx installer that I update/backup just before I reinstall my XP

Yep I have a WinRAR sfx installer that I update/backup just before I reinstall my XP

XP? arent we talking about vista here?

XP? arent we talking about vista here?

Yes, but Windows Defender can run on Windows XP as well, so this information is also useful for unattended Windows XP installations.

Found if you look in windows & locate program data/Windows Defender you should find recent or default update defs files, maybe located in a folder eg {82DC2955-985C-44FF-BC0E-9DDDA6A03C7F} or something like. Then you can save these files & mount your updated wim & paste the saved files straight in & commit & save your changes.

Where do you save the files in the wim? The information I used previously didn't seem to work..

Mount the wim & place Here...ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Definition Updates\Default

Yep I have a WinRAR sfx installer that I update/backup just before I reinstall my XP

I agree with spoof... Defiantly not MSFN worthy

Well, MAVERICKS CHOICE is right, its the best way to do it.

I only think this is not the place for XP stuff.

Thats all