Fix: Security Essentials Error 0x8050800d

Windows Troubleshooting
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Originally published at: Fix: Security Essentials Error 0x8050800d

Microsoft has included a pretty handy antivirus program inside Windows that helps to protect the PC against harmful spywares i.e. Windows Defender. It also prevents the users from installing additional third-party antivirus program that requires a purchase in a number of cases. And most importantly, Windows defender provides the same functionality as other paid antivirus…

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this worked perfectly .the person who found this is a genius

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youre the best

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Thanks

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Worked for me. Defender on Windows 10

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Works like a charm!

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Worked for me also. Fresh/clean install of Windows 10 anniversary edition

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This one… but it’s gone now. It let me run a full scan, and when I came back a day later protection was back on. Thanks again.

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GPEDIT is not available in non-pro versions. What is the error you’re having?

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Thanks. This is very strange; it responded “Windows cannot find ‘gpedit.msc’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.”

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Hold Windows Key and Press R. In the run dialog, type gpedit.msc and Click OK.

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Searching “local group policy editor” yields no results. What’s it really called in W10?