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Main Forum => General Computer Support => Topic started by: dinAZ on August 25, 2015, 03:10:46 pm
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I accepted the WIN10 upgrade and things have gone quite well until this week. For no apparent reason, I have been receiving notices that Windows Defender has been turned off by group ploicy. The notice tells me to contact my security administrator.
I am running WIN10 Home edition, and from what I can find out, it does not have a security administrator, and the only group I am aware of is my home Wi-Fi. I am the owner of the desktop and the notebook, and am the "administrator" in both machines. Granted, I am undertall for my weight, but I am not big enough to constitute a group.
Would anyone be able to suggest why I suddenly have this trouble? Not knowing at all, but could it be some error in the resetting of permissions with the Tweaking free version? I simply am not tech savvy enough to be able to figure this one out. Any help or recommendations will be appreciated.
D in AZ
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That means that there is a registry key in the policy section that is forcing it off.
Which should be at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender just delete that key and reboot, if that does the trick let me know and I will add that key to the policy cleanup in the windows repair :-)
Shane
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Shane:
At that registry location I found:
Windows / Windows Defender / Policy Manager
Ab(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
DisableAntiSpyware REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
I deleted that entry and rebooted. Went to the Update and Security tab to Windows Defender and found the page had been re-activated. It had been grayed out. I chose the Use Windows Defender command at the bottom of that page and it worked fine, confirming that Defender was up and running.
What a great fix from a fine mind. I know I would never have found this on my own. Thank you very much! When this old teacher starts getting paychecks after school starts, be sure I will be subscribing to the Pro version.
Thanks again. D in AZ
PROBLEM SOLVED
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Awesome, I added it to the policy removal in the windows repair and will be in the next update :-)
Shane