Boot safe mode, login as admin. Run CMD. In that new window, type services.msc and hit enter.
Went and found Windows Defender Security Service Center (there are two other Windows Defender entries, but both are already labeled Manual) and its Status is "Running" and its Startup Type is Automatic. There's no place to type in "Manual" and the right click gets me a menu with the following all grayed out: stop, pause, resume, restart. Only Start is not grayed out, but how could that be useful since it's already started?
GOOD FOR YOU - - fear is a protection from acting stupidly :grin:I'm getting faster and more fluid with these instructions. If you've got another step to tell me about how to stop this dang redundant antivirus then I'd be grateful. Just don't ask me to muck with the registry.
That's all correct. Notice just above Service Status is
click on the Auto and the choices {auto, manual, disable} will appear. I've chosen Manual, but Disable works too.
- Startup type: Automatic
GOOD FOR YOU - - fear is a protection from acting stupidly :grin:
That's all correct. Notice just above Service Status is
click on the Auto and the choices {auto, manual, disable} will appear. I've chosen Manual, but Disable works too.
- Startup type: Automatic
GOOD FOR YOU - - fear is a protection from acting stupidly :grin:
Clearly we're accessing TWO DIFFERENT services - - even the descriptions are different
Protection vs Security Center. Even the PATH to the program is different. If you have no other service like "Defender", then win/10 changes are significant.
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