Windows Firewall notifications

I have never seen a firewall notification from Windows 10, which is not surprising, because I use a third-party security suite. When Windows Defender (which includes Windows Firewall) detects that a third-party security suite has been installed, Windows Defender turns itself off, which it did if you installed an ESET security suite. That being the case, it's a mystery to me why you're seeing firewall notifications from Windows Defender.

Your router has a different type of firewall.

S-and-S,

It is a far more common problem than you probably believe.

It started with Build 1809.

I called Microsoft.  A couple of hours later I ended up talking to Bryan.  

Bryan talked me through creating a new user account.  I did.  He hung up and the firewall notifications came back.

When I talked to Bryan a few days later, he had no idea what to do other than edit the Registry to delete all security messages.

It is very frustrating with Microsoft because you are never sure if the person on the other end of the line actually understands what you are saying.

To repeat what I told Bryan, earlier in the year, a woman support tech had helped create an account, temporary if I recall, that solved the problem.   Unfortunately I had not taken notes as I had a hard time understanding what the tech person was telling me.  

Oh well.  

Maybe the simplest is to just nuke all the security messages.    Windows 7 was actually a good OS and it did not have many of these features.  

And maybe the Firewall messages are necessary for the average dumb Microsoft user.  What do I know?  

...... I do not want to turn off ALL notifications, just the ones I no longer need to see. .....

That is my wish too amapsr.  Though at some point if I have to turn off all notifications, I will.  

This can be resolved by creating a new account, unfortunately I do not recall the exact steps and Microsoft in its paternalistic wisdom has seen fit not to publish that work around.

amapsr, I am curious, are those machines you manage on Windows 10 Professional?  And are at least some of them on the same LAN?  Ideally you should be able to use Group Policy to make the necessary changes.  

I gotta wonder if this a broader 'cultural problem'.  Look at the USA right now.  People are standing on the roof-tops and shouting loudly that "Americans are stoopid."   Maybe Microsoft is deliberately adopting a lowest common denominator marketing and support strategy? 

Or maybe Microsoft is thinking:  "We have the network externalities.  You don't like the quality?  Screw you!"

 frustrated -Erik

I gave up.

I backed up the registry and then added the commands to disable all notifications from Windows Security.

Then I disabled the Windows Security notification icon in the tray.

Problem "solved" I guess.