Windows 10: Wi 10 Defender is off, and greyed out. Command Line does not work...

Discus and support Wi 10 Defender is off, and greyed out. Command Line does not work... in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Greetings: The next issue in Win 10 20H2 Build 19042.804 (The Problematic Version): Out of the blue, today my system booted up with Defender TOTALLY... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Xogroroth, Mar 4, 2021.

  1. XOGROROTH
    Xogroroth Win User

    Wi 10 Defender is off, and greyed out. Command Line does not work...


    Greetings:

    The next issue in Win 10 20H2 Build 19042.804 (The Problematic Version):
    Out of the blue, today my system booted up with Defender TOTALLY turned off, and the "Force Turn On" command line in elevated CMD ... did nothing after reboot.

    There's no third party AV or other, it worked "fine" (see other posts about Defender by me) yesterday.

    I wanted to install (actually i DID) PDF reader, I expected the normal crap (program blocked despite signed, program blocked from writing, program not allowed to use folder this and that, ..., the usual issues I get, and are not addressed by MS)...

    ... no... NOITHING of the sorts.

    Alarm bell.

    Check Defen... AH CRAP.
    All turned off, greyed out, no way to get it up again.

    "Perform a restore", "Do a clean boot" and other ideas that would undo ALL up to the part that i have a base Windows intallation.

    Now, if you understood the hell I've been through in the past month, almost now 2 months... I refuse to go through this all again.

    I cannot enter Safe Mode for one, as, for whatever reason that Windows now does this, it totally fails to find my old keyboard: a LogitechK120, of of the MOST base keyboards out there.
    Not even when I replug it into another USB.

    In short:
    I am looking for a FORCED activate command that does not undo all I've been through.

    If I have to re-install Windows again, I will go homicidal...

    I hope anyone can help me with my issue...

    Thank you.
    Xog.

    :)
     
    Xogroroth, Mar 4, 2021
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  2. NAKI
    Naki Win User

    GPU-Z what command line parameter ?

    Suggestion: /? (-?) and /help (-help) command-line arguments to show a list of all possible arguments in a small window. *Smile Wi 10 Defender is off, and greyed out. Command Line does not work... :)
     
    Naki, Mar 4, 2021
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  3. RYANLY
    ryanly Win User
    GPU-Z what command line parameter ?

    Current /? (-?) or / help (-help) parameter is invalid
     
    ryanly, Mar 4, 2021
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  4. SCCM_LEARNER
    sccm_learner Win User

    Wi 10 Defender is off, and greyed out. Command Line does not work...

    Execute a command from SCCM Task sequence step "Run a Command line"

    Hi,

    Thanks for your suggestion.

    That will work indeed, however I need to run it from the SCCM Task Sequence's Run Command Line Step and I am not able to figure out how to do that.

    Can we change line while executing command from SCCM Task Sequence's Run Command Line Step?

    Regards
     
    sccm_learner, Mar 4, 2021
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