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Originally Posted by Mal
I turn my computer off when I finished with it and I have noticed that there seems to be a Windows Defender checkpoint there each time. Some other checkpoints are there, but not the normal system checkpoints. It might not be that it's deleting them, just that Defender is doing that job now  I don't know, someone in the know might be able to help... |
I discovered the same problem only today - the main annoyance is that their frequency quickly uses up your Sytem Restore space and forces old manual checkpoints off. A bit of googling gave 3 possible solutions.
1) Get rid of Defender.
2) Switch off Real Time Protection, which rather defeats the object of using Defender in the first case.
3) Make a registry change. The details are:
1. Regedit.
2. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan
3. Right click that folder in the left tree view, and choose "Permissions".
4. With your username highlighted, click Full Control in the Allow column, and "Apply"
5. With the Scan folder highlighted choose:
Edit, New, DWORD value, and type in "DisableRestorePoint" and hit enter.
6. Double-click DisableRestorePoint in the right column, and set the Value to 1, hexadecimal.
7. Right-click Scan in the left tree view, and choose "Permissions".
8. With your username highlighted, Uncheck "Full Control" in the Allow column, and "Apply".
9. Close the registry editor by hitting the X in the upper right corner, or File, Exit.
I tried no 3) a couple of hours ago and, so far, my machine has not crashed.
We shall see.