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Need the export of the WinDefender registry enrty export for windows 10 pro v20H2

I would like if anyone could help me to send me a link to download the export of the registry entry for windows 10 v20H2. I recently found out that my pc had been infected with numerous viruses, malware and trojans and the several services were missing…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-06-04T21:01:13.953+00:00
Αλέξανδρος Βασιλάκης 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-06-07T13:45:42.727+00:00
Αλέξανδρος Βασιλάκης 21 Reputation points
4 answers

Software Restriction Policies block iTunes App sometimes

We use Software Restriction Policies on corporate computers to protect against ransomware and other malware. Until recently, everything worked fine. Including iTunes worked properly - it was a classic application located in ProgramFiles. But it refused…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,787 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-26T14:27:34.58+00:00
Юрий Белковский 41 Reputation points
answered 2021-06-07T07:24:15.63+00:00
Vicky Wang 2,646 Reputation points
5 answers

Unable to turn off Windows firewall and Virus protection setting

Hi, Our computers are joined to AzureAD and managed by Intune. I have a problem turning off Windows firewall and virus protection setting, it show "The setting is managed by your administrator". I have checked my Intune configuration…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-06-03T03:25:59.617+00:00
LonLee 11 Reputation points
answered 2021-06-07T05:50:49.73+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Is there any way to use old passwords?

Every time I have to reset my password, I get an info that I may not use passwords that I hade used in the past. Is thre any way to unset it for my profile?

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-06-02T05:39:48.837+00:00
Κώστας Κυράνης 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-06-07T05:14:08.673+00:00
Daisy Zhou 18,716 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Enable Conditional Access for all administrative roles, what about Service Principal accounts?

Hi y'all, We just turned on Conditional Access for all administrative roles, so we could enforce MFA. Do we need to exclude Service Principal accounts, like the following accounts: azure-cli-2020-12-07-15-19-39 Microsoft.Azure.SyncFabric …

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
19,639 questions
asked 2021-06-02T05:29:22.013+00:00
Leo Johnson 151 Reputation points
accepted 2021-06-06T12:36:04.01+00:00
Leo Johnson 151 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows exe will run from network drive but not local disk

I have a .NET Windows Form application that I have developed. It is deployed to a shared directory on a computer at my client. Any computer that connects to that share can run it just fine. But it is a pretty large program and takes a long to to start up…

Windows Forms
Windows Forms
A set of .NET Framework managed libraries for developing graphical user interfaces.
1,837 questions
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,276 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-27T17:56:48.037+00:00
Les Woolsey 191 Reputation points
accepted 2021-06-02T19:10:08.407+00:00
Les Woolsey 191 Reputation points
3 answers

Hello face and pin not setting up

Hi, I am having trouble with windows hello face and pin set up. It used to work before I reset my surface pro 7. I want to set hello face recognition but it asks to set up hello pin first, and when I try to do that it asks me password and pin. I type…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,689 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-27T10:27:03.07+00:00
Shivam Gola 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-06-02T02:06:05.28+00:00
Jenny Feng 14,081 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 10 - When does Windows Defender run when writing files to disk

When writing files to a file system from a database, does real time protection from Windows Defender stop a file from being written to the disk if malware or a virus is detected? Or does it fully write the file to the file system first, scan it, then…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-28T17:38:49.35+00:00
Charlene 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-06-01T21:21:34.62+00:00
Charlene 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

VPN connection

I have a VPN that allows you to select which server you want to use. If I'm logged into work and I use the Maine VPN on one laptop to connect and the Montana VPN on the other laptop can my employer see what's on the other Montana VPN laptop?

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-31T20:04:08.373+00:00
MikeY1975 41 Reputation points
answered 2021-06-01T02:32:52.043+00:00
Candy Luo 12,656 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Best Practice for Remote Desktop Access of Windows 10 Virtual Machine

Dear Experts, I want to use a Win10 VM on Azure as virtual desktop. For RDP, I will have to open port 3389. I want to know what are best practices for securely using RDP? I saw on Azure that VPN is an option. If I connect from a regular laptop/desktop…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
7,185 questions
Azure VPN Gateway
Azure VPN Gateway
An Azure service that enables the connection of on-premises networks to Azure through site-to-site virtual private networks.
1,394 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
1,203 questions
asked 2021-05-30T18:56:12.693+00:00
TechGuy_MS1 61 Reputation points
answered 2021-05-31T05:58:45.393+00:00
Karlie Weng 14,566 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Defender for Endpoint Duplicate Machines

Hi all, I'm quite confused as to why there are multiple machine entities within my Defender for Endpoint Security Center with the same computerDnsName. The entities quite clearly refer to the same physical device, but with minor differences (e.g. one…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-03T07:42:33.403+00:00
yy119 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-05-31T01:43:57.897+00:00
Karlie Weng 14,566 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Controlled Folder Access: default Allowed Programs list

Hi, I have tried to learn about Controlled Folder Access in Defender by looking at Microsoft Learn and I can't find anything about which are the programs allowed by default by Windows. I could not find anything even in the Tenforums tutorials about…

Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
1,909 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-26T17:07:10.607+00:00
fra.pc 136 Reputation points
accepted 2021-05-29T06:16:55.303+00:00
fra.pc 136 Reputation points
2 answers

Windows 10 security blocks all downloads

I have a two fresh installations of Windows 10 with the latest updates. After several days I notice all my downloads are getting blocked. I searched far and wide and have found no reputable answer as to what is blocking them, why I'm able to download…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-26T15:44:07.56+00:00
CIT0440 51 Reputation points
answered 2021-05-28T17:55:34.7+00:00
CIT0440 26 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

WSUS Server Product selection Defender is missing

Hello WSUS Experts, I am trying on Windows Server 2019 WSUS configuration. I do not see Windows Defender products. The end goal is to deploy Windows Defender updates from WSUS Server. However, as per Microsoft documentation, it should be…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,201 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-03-03T09:56:54.887+00:00
Hun boy 181 Reputation points
answered 2021-05-28T09:26:32.4+00:00
Ikke 1 Reputation point
1 answer

Windows defender clients not updating

We have an ADR to deploy our Defender definitions, but it seems like at least some of our Windows 10 clients are not updating. The machines are in the same OU as others that receive updates, although I'm not sure if the successful machines are receiving…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-19T16:46:14.2+00:00
Ian 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-05-28T08:56:05.387+00:00
Jenny Feng 14,081 Reputation points
1 answer

MDATP doesn't constantly detect a ransomware-type mass encryption

Hello, As a part of security tastings, to see the efficacy level of MDATP, we are running a PowerShell script (encrypt_ransomware.ps1) found in the GitHub GitHub - leomatias/Ransomware-Simulator that encrypts a bulk number of files and behaves like…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-26T17:29:04.063+00:00
Srika 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-05-27T07:41:23.77+00:00
Srika 1 Reputation point
1 answer

Enforcing TLS 1.2 - EventViewer full of Event 36871 (fatal error while creating TLS client credential)

I'm trying to disable all protocols below TLS 1.2. I've implemented the following registry settings: But I continue to get tons of these errors in EventViewer:

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-26T15:16:32.18+00:00
d_logan 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-05-27T07:03:03.15+00:00
Carl Fan 6,836 Reputation points
1 answer

Can Windows Defender ATP be manipulated with the registry?

We are going with E5's and will deploy Defender AT. We use group policy, though we have a lot of remote users that rarely VPN in. We have Manage Engine Desktop Central as our RMM and can easily push scripts and make registry changes.. I know some of the…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,689 questions
Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,787 questions
Not Monitored
Not Monitored
Tag not monitored by Microsoft.
36,236 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-26T13:58:59.61+00:00
Brent Mattson 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-05-27T03:32:45.97+00:00
Daisy Zhou 18,716 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Bitlocker Key Rotation

If I have a Bitlocker policy in Intune and the recovery password rotation is turned on for both Azure AD and Hybrid-Joined devices. Now let say a workstation was triggered into recovery mode, and the user was able to grab the key from…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-21T19:05:44.85+00:00
aRookie088 66 Reputation points
accepted 2021-05-26T18:21:38.807+00:00
aRookie088 66 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

windows defender blocking my app

Hello, I have created a very simple .exe using python and py2exe that simply prints "hello" to console. However, when uploaded to sharepoint and redownloaded, I get the following warning. If I wanted to share this with others in my…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,765 questions
asked 2021-05-24T19:19:03.567+00:00
Florence Wong 26 Reputation points
accepted 2021-05-26T18:15:53.377+00:00
Florence Wong 26 Reputation points