Can’t Enable Windows Defender Firewall Service Success. How often have you tried to enable Windows Defender Firewall service without success? If you answered yes, then you should read this post. Because this article is going to show you the next eight things you should try to solve this problem.
Things You Should Do For Can’t Enable Windows Defender Firewall Service Success
1. Reseat the power cable and check if the computer is receiving a power supply.
2. Make sure that you have installed the latest Windows Updates on your machine. If not, then install them and try to enable the Windows Defender Firewall service again.
3. Check if there are any peripherals and external devices connected to the computer that may prevent you from enabling the Windows Defender Firewall service. Remove all of them and try again.
4. Uninstall any software that you recently installed, as it might be causing problems with the Windows Defender Firewall service on your machine. After uninstalling them, recheck if you can enable Windows Defender Firewall service on your machine.
5. If nothing works for you, then try to perform a full system restore on your computer to resolve this issue. You can learn how to perform a full system restore in our article: How To Perform A System Restore In Windows 10/8/7 (with screenshots).
More Things You Should Do
6. If you still can’t enable the Windows Defender Firewall service on your machine, then create a new user account on your computer and try to enable the Windows Defender Firewall service using this new account. If this works, you should try to fix the original user account by deleting all the files and folders associated with it, except for its registry files.
7. If your computer is infected with a virus, malware, or spyware, then this may prevent you from enabling the Windows Defender Firewall service. That’s why you should scan your computer with anti-malware software to check if it has any malicious programs and gets rid of them.
8. Run a full system scan with your installed anti-malware software and clean up all the detected malicious files from your computer. Then, try to enable Windows Defender Firewall service again on your computer and check if the problem persists.
If nothing works for you, then you should try to reinstall Windows 10/8/7 on your computer to clean all the registry entries and make sure that everything is configured correctly. If reinstalling doesn’t help either, then you might want to consider replacing the bad hardware components of your machine with new ones because they might be causing problems with Windows programs on your computer or they may have become obsolete.
Benefits of using Windows Defender Firewall service:
Windows Defender Firewall is the default firewall solution for Microsoft Windows operating system. It is lightweight, fast, reliable and easy to use. Also, it features a very simple user interface, which makes it intuitive. It also has a built-in firewall that can help you to protect your computer from unwanted network attacks.
There are many third-party software firewalls that you can use to protect your computer, but most of them are not as good as the Windows Defender Firewall service. If you already have anti-virus and anti-spyware software installed on your computer, then you can configure it to work with the Windows Defender Firewall service to provide better protection for your computer.