diff --git a/windows/keep-secure/windows-defender-enhanced-notifications.md b/windows/keep-secure/windows-defender-enhanced-notifications.md index d6effcc2f2..e70fede4fd 100644 --- a/windows/keep-secure/windows-defender-enhanced-notifications.md +++ b/windows/keep-secure/windows-defender-enhanced-notifications.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ In Windows 10, application notifications about malware detection and remediation Notifications will appear on endpoints when manually triggered and scheduled scans are completed and threats are detected. These notifications will also be seen in the **Notification Center**, and a summary of scans and threat detections will also appear at regular time intervals. -You can enable and disable enhanced notifications with the registry or in Windows Settings. +You can enable and disable enhanced notifications in Windows Settings. ## Disable notifications @@ -40,35 +40,7 @@ You can disable enhanced notifications on individual endpoints in Windows Settin -**Use Group Policy to disable Windows Defender notifications:** - -1. On your Group Policy management machine, open the [Group Policy Management Console](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc731212.aspx), right-click the Group Policy Object you want to configure and click **Edit**. - -3. In the **Group Policy Management Editor** go to **Computer configuration**. - -4. Click **Policies** then **Administrative templates**. - -5. Expand the tree to **Windows components > Windows Defender > Client Interface** and configure the following settings: - - 1. Double-click the **Suppress all notifications** setting and set the option to **Enabled**. Click **OK**. This will disable all notifications shown by the Windows Defender client. - - 1. Double-click the **Suppresses reboot notifications** setting and set the option to **Enabled**. Click **Ok**. This will disable notifications that ask the endpoint user to reboot the machine to perform additional cleaning. ->[!NOTE] ->Usually, users are asked to reboot the endpoint to perform a scan with Windows Defender Offline. For details on performing offline scans, see the [Windows Defender Offline](windows-defender-offline.md#manage-notifications) topic. - -**Use the registry to disable Windows Defender enhanced notifications:** - -1. Click **Start**, type `Run`, and press **Enter**. -2. From the **Run** dialog box, type `regedit` and press **Enter**. -3. In the Registry Editor navigate to the following key: - ``` - HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender - ``` -4. Right-click the Windows Defender key and add a new key. Name it `Features`. -5. Right-click the **Features** key you created and select **New** then **DWORD (32-bit) Value**. Name the value `DisableEnhancedNotifications`. -6. Double-click the **DisableEnhancedNotifications** value and set it to `1`. - ## Related topics -- [Windows Defender in Windows 10](windows-defender-in-windows-10.md) \ No newline at end of file +- [Windows Defender in Windows 10](windows-defender-in-windows-10.md)