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Need help with Group Policy Editor from IT pro
I'm running a stable version of Win7 Pro virtually on Ubuntu 22.04 QEMU-KVM. I have Windows Security Essentials installed. Unfortunately, I have Windows Defender also installed. I want to turn off WD but have been unable. If I disable it in Services, it still starts up at log on with message "Service Stopped". I tried the script Windows_Uninstaller but no luck; it finished with errors. I opened Options/Administrator within WD but the checkbox "Use this program" is checked and, greyed out. Sheesh, I'm the only user on this PC! It appears that Local Group Policy Editor contains the solution to un-grey the "Use this program" checkbox. Although I've used windows since the early 1990s I have never used the LGPE and there must be 800 different settings available. I've toasted enough OSs to know better to muck around with settings I don't completely understand. So, I'm hoping there's a Windows IT expert who can tell me what setting in LGPE I need to change to take complete control of WD and uncheck the "Use this program" box. I'm comfortable using the command prompt (cut my PC teeth on CP/M) if that's an easier way to get the "Use this program" checkbox unchecked.