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Zach_931
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Can anyone help me figure out why windows defender will not run? Here is the situation:
If I restart the PC defender will turn on fine, shortly after booting up it shuts itself off. If I click the 'restart' button under the defender icon in the taskbar it 'thinks' for a few minutes and then says there has been an error. I have checked in 'Security and Maintenance' and it lists defender as the anti-virus and says it is disabled.
I've been searching online but nothing so far has fixed the issue, I am the administrator, it is my personal PC and not on a network and there is no third party anti-virus (I built the machine myself so the only things on it are things that I've installed or that came as part of the Windows 10 OS).
Any help would be appreciated.
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If I restart the PC defender will turn on fine, shortly after booting up it shuts itself off. If I click the 'restart' button under the defender icon in the taskbar it 'thinks' for a few minutes and then says there has been an error. I have checked in 'Security and Maintenance' and it lists defender as the anti-virus and says it is disabled.
I've been searching online but nothing so far has fixed the issue, I am the administrator, it is my personal PC and not on a network and there is no third party anti-virus (I built the machine myself so the only things on it are things that I've installed or that came as part of the Windows 10 OS).
Any help would be appreciated.
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