Jody Thornton Posted July 7 Author Posted July 7 It appears that Windows Defender Updates may not work any longer without the Windows Update service enabled. Tried to enable the update service, and it worked. Turning off the service and trying to update Defender fails with an error now. 1
Jody Thornton Posted Friday at 12:42 AM Author Posted Friday at 12:42 AM On 7/7/2025 at 10:32 AM, Jody Thornton said: It appears that Windows Defender Updates may not work any longer without the Windows Update service enabled. Tried to enable the update service, and it worked. Turning off the service and trying to update Defender fails with an error now. Strange, but it appears that the issue has completely resolved itself. 2
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