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Willy2:
- Yes, the DEFAULT setting in repair #27 is to enable the WinDefend Service. But the user is able to customize/change those settings. Scroll down in that tab for more info.

Mighty Joe:
I now see what you mean.  Even if I rerun WR using the command to disable WD I suspect the option to change its state (if I so choosed to) will again be greyed out and I'll be back to where I was after I ran WR on 8/9.  Unless someone can tell me differently.

Willy2:
- I fear you'll be right. But then you know how to disable the Service using this repair if you choose to use WR again.

Boggin:
[quote @Boggin:
"When you run an AV program that doesn't have its own firewall then WD will remain active as the Windows Firewall aspect will remain running. I use Norton Security which auto disables WD because it has its own firewall."

Does this apply to Win 10 only ? I thought WD & the Firewall had their own Service and that they wouldn't influence each other.
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You may be right on that.

WD started life in Win 8.0 and was a combo of MSE and the old WD from Win 7 and backed up with Windows Firewall.

While WD was showing as Manual but not started in my Win 10 running Norton Security, I'm unable to ascertain the status of WD and Windows Firewall with a freebie AV, but running an AV that had its own firewall would have the same effect on WD in Win 8/8.1

While you can sometimes run two AV programs together - I've seen people running Avast Free alongside MSE without problems

Willy2:
- The point is that one can ALWAYS use a Firewall in combination with ANY AV program. (And Defender in Win 8 or higher is an AV). The problem is some AV come with an extra Firewall and then (somehow) the user can end up with more than one Firewall (running). I once saw a system with 3 (!!!) firewalls running. No wonder that system was "a bit slow".
- The graying out problem: I assume that's one of the many (small (???)) bugs in every version of Windows.
- The "Access Denied" problem: Yes, I assume that's AVIRA protecting some sensitive parts of the OS.

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