Defender turned off in group policy


  1. dooper786
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    windows 10
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    Defender turned off in group policy


    defender is currently off and when i try to turn on it says its set off in group policy.

    I am not sure how this happened but i cant turn it on again.

    gpedit isnt available on my home version of windows so how did it get turned off in the first place?
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Dooper, :)

    It sounds like you may have used the method in OPTION TWO below to turn off Windows Defender then. It manually sets the same policy via Registry Editor instead.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html
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  4. dooper786
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    Thanks ! This has fixed it .. I must have messed it up whilst chasing my high cpu issue
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  6. Brink
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    You're most welcome. :)
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