My Chromebook never treated me like this.įEEDBACK Get in touch with me privately by email at my full name at Gmail. This really begs the question of whether Windows anti-virus software helps more than it hurts. Perhaps I should have rebooted after modifying the registry. Still, there was a small scare afterwards. Windows Defender initially complained (above) that its service was stopped, and clicking the button to start it, produced my old friend, the message that "This program is blocked by group policy".īut that was a scam, everything worked fine in Windows Defender. Running Windows Defender the first time after re-enabling it in the registry You have to be logged on as an Administrator to change this field, restricted users can only view the current value. Changing the 1 to a 0 was all that it took. On the computer with Avast installed, it was 1. If it is zero, then Windows Defender can run free. The critical registry key is DisableAntiSpyware. HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Scroll down the list of services and double-click Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service. To do this, Windows Key + R and type services.msc, then press Enter.
Check it out and start the service Microsoft Defender if disabled. In brief, the fix was to run regedit and navigate to The problem may be related to the disabled Windows Defender service. The solution that worked for me (Windows 7, 64 bit) was documented here: How to Fix Error Code 0x800704ec when Turning On Windows Defender. The article offers three solutions, I used the one that updates the registry, but, of course, not until I made a Restore Point. Despite the error message from Windows, Avast had not used group policy to disable Windows Defender. Online searches turned up assorted suggestions for configuring group policy, but that wasn't my problem.
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