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I've heard if you disable the service directly, then the "Windows Defender reports that the service is turned off" message stops happening. sc.exe config "Wi

by ChoGGi 10y ago

I've heard if you disable the service directly, then the "Windows Defender reports that the service is turned off" message stops happening. sc.exe config "WinDefend" start= disabled sc.exe stop "WinDefend"

lmm 10y ago
No good I'm afraid, gave me: [SC] OpenService FAILED 5: Access is denied. (this is from an administrator command prompt)
- lmm 10y ago
  For the record: you can turn it off using the group policy editor.