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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 858758" data-attributes="member: 32260">ConfigureDefender does not use any hack. It uses the built-in Windows Policies and built-in PowerShell cmdlets - all made by Microsoft for Administrators. These features are the same as tweaking any AV via its GUI but in the case of WD, the GUI is a PowerShell console (or ConfigureDefender). If Microsoft will change something, then this will be mostly reflected in the PowerShell cmdlets. So, If you will run ConfigureDefender it will use the modified cmdlets without a problem. If you will configure the advanced settings in WD and after a year WD will change something, then these settings will be simply updated by WD, like any legal WD settings. Of course, after some years there will be differences so ConfigureDefender has to be updated from time to time.If it will be discontinued, then people should use it with caution (or skip it), just like any discontinued security application. I would not recommend using Kaspersky 2017 (without patches) on Windows 1909, and I would not recommend using ConfigureDefender from the year 2019 on Windows 2109.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 858758, member: 32260"] ConfigureDefender does not use any hack. It uses the built-in Windows Policies and built-in PowerShell cmdlets - all made by Microsoft for Administrators. These features are the same as tweaking any AV via its GUI but in the case of WD, the GUI is a PowerShell console (or ConfigureDefender). If Microsoft will change something, then this will be mostly reflected in the PowerShell cmdlets. So, If you will run ConfigureDefender it will use the modified cmdlets without a problem. If you will configure the advanced settings in WD and after a year WD will change something, then these settings will be simply updated by WD, like any legal WD settings. Of course, after some years there will be differences so ConfigureDefender has to be updated from time to time. If it will be discontinued, then people should use it with caution (or skip it), just like any discontinued security application. I would not recommend using Kaspersky 2017 (without patches) on Windows 1909, and I would not recommend using ConfigureDefender from the year 2019 on Windows 2109.:)(y) [/QUOTE]

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