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ittech
Nov 12, 2020Copper Contributor
Windows Defender Firewall occasionally becoming enabled despite group policy disabling it
Hello, I have some workstations which will occasionally enable the Windows Defender Firewall despite having group policy disable it. This is happening both on Windows 10 1803 and Windows 10 1...
MaxineWaters
Mar 05, 2025Iron Contributor
Check the Event Viewer for any errors or warnings related to Group Policy, the firewall, or networking that might indicate why the firewall is being enabled. Look particularly in Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender Firewall.