1.1.1347.0 Hidden New Features or simply a bug??

[Guest]

I notice today that i had a lot of Window Defender Checkpoint like 5 of them
on system restore list. I Immidiately started to look on how this thing
happend So i did and notice that when i change my IE Homepage it
automatically creates a Window Defender Checkpoint on system restore after
that it will no longer create a Window Defender checkpoint when you change
the IE Homepage again but if you restart your computer again and change IE
homepage it will create another Window Defender checkpoint. I did this over
and over and had the a whole bunch of Window Defender Check Point on system
restore.

Can anyone around here check wether this is a New features on the New
version of Window Defender 1.1.1347.0 or just simply a error, bug?

here's how to do it: restart computer first, change IE homepage, check
system restore to see window Defender checkpoint, then restart computer and
do the same thing again. check if you have a lot of Window Defender
checkpoint.

my setting for Window Defender is the default mode.
basic memberships
realt-time protection is on
Choose if Windows Defender should notify you about: both option is uncheck

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

I'm not sure what to call this, so for the time being, I'm going to call it
a "feature."
Steve Dodson has posted a workaround to eliminate the behavior, and I have
taken the liberty of expanding on his somewhat terse treatment:

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It is possible to stop this activity, but it takes some care and registry
editing.

Important: This message contains information about how to modify the
registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure
that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more
information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
256986 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/) Description of the
Microsoft Windows registry

Start, run, Regedit <enter>

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan

Right click that folder in the left tree view, and choose "Permissions"
With your username highlighted, click Full Control in the Allow column, and
"Apply"

With the Scan folder highlighted choose:

Edit, New, DWORD value, and type in "DisableRestorePoint"
and hit enter.

Double-click DisableRestorePoint in the right column, and set the Value to
1, hexadecimal.

Right-click Scan in the left tree view, and choose "Permissions"
With your username highlighted, Uncheck "Full Control" in the Allow column,
and "Apply"

Close the registry editor by hitting the X in the upper right corner, or
File, Exit.

 

[Guest]

Never mind it seem to just create a restore point each time i turning on the
computer but it takes a while.

Will reinstalling Window Defender fix this problem?does the registry disable
only the window Defender checkpoint and not the XP system restore right. I
don't like to disable System restore as i find it usefull when something goes
wrong.

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

This registry change only affects restore points created by Windows
Defender--I've run with it on myself, even though I don't see the issue
others are seeing.

I absolutely agree--System Restore is and important backup mechanism in
Windows--don't turn it off.

So--if you find the number of created restore points excessive--try this
out--it's easily reversable--just change the value to zero instead of 1.


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[Guest]

Hi balem,

In addition to what Bill mentioned

My computer, right click , Properties, Disk-Maintenance, Run, Other Options,
check delete old restore points (the last recent checkpoint remªins).