all grayed out
got this
and I already SAID, this is MY COMPUTER and I AM the admin
Antimalware service executable eats memory
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title. it's always taking 200-300 mb of memory.
I tried:
disable windows security, got hit with this setting is managed by your (non existent) administrator
end task, got access is denies
command prompt things, did nothing
edit group policy, did nothing
enable disableantispyware in regedit, got hit with access is denied
tried to give myself permission to enable disableantispyware, access is denied
in case I missed any, I basically tried everything you can find online. no matter what I do, either nothing happens, access is denied or this setting is managed by your administrator
I'm about to flip this is my computer, I should get to choose what to do. I am the administrator and only user
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Anonymous
2025-02-05T03:49:55+00:00 -
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Ramesh Srinivasan 87,865 Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-02-05T03:38:27+00:00 - Is your system connected to a company network? If so, group policies are applied from the active directory.
- Launch "services.msc" and start "Windows Security Service". Does the service start correctly?
- From PowerShell admin, run this command to reinstall Windows Security: add-appxpackage -disabledevelopmentmode -register ((Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI -allusers).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml')
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Anonymous
2025-02-05T03:33:44+00:00 Nope, still managed by my non existent administrator.
the fixlog thing if you need it Fixlog.txt
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Ramesh Srinivasan 87,865 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-02-05T03:14:51+00:00 The following fixlist will remove the group policies and fix the UAC settings.
Download fixlist.txt (https://www.winhelponline.com/fixlist/alana_per...)
Save Fixlist.txt to the folder where FRST64English.exe is located.
Close all programs.
Launch the Farbar Scanner tool and click "Fix".
Restart Windows when prompted.
Upload the output log file (FixLog.txt) to your OneDrive.
NOTE: Don't run the same fixlist.txt more than once. The fixlist.txt script was written specifically for this user, for use on that particular machine. Running this on another machine is not recommended.
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Anonymous
2025-02-05T02:58:47+00:00