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Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access

From	micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access
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Date	2025-12-07 00:51 -0500

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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:46:56 -0500, micky
<NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

>
>>Unless the device was purchased used with an existing admin account the 
>
>I got it, from a friend, with a bad harddrive, and I replaced that and
>did a fresh install. I maxxed out the RAM to 8gigs. also and everything
>was good for several years. 
>
>>message 'Your IT administrator has limited access' is due to the current 
>>admin accounts user having configured/changed Windows or one or its 
>>settings and/or installed 3rd party software(including presence of 3rd 
>>party AV/AM[1]) changing a default Windows settings.
>
>I installed AVG Free.  Could that do it?  You answered that already! See
>pargraph starting with *****.   (Because of AVG's increased popups, I'm
>trying to switch to Windows Security now, which I've heard is good
>enough to rely on now, for low risk users.)
>
>>[1] CFA requires Windows Security and its Windows Defender client and 
>>enabled as the AV/AM client (i.e. no other AV/AM program or app should be 
>>running resident and active).
>
>I'm trying to install Windows Defender now. I downloaded it, and tried
>to install it, but iiuc it won't finish installation until I log into
>the MSoft store, and it won't let me log into Microsoft using my Skype
>userid and password.  I thought that was supposed to work. Or it insists
>I subscribe to something-365 and pay monthly! 

I missed the fine print.  It says I have to have a personal microft
account with a microsoft-365 personal or family subsciption.   But in
win11, I'm using Windows Defender without microsoft-365!!!!
>
>***** Aha. Well, there you go.   So it seems to me not that I need
>Windows Defender to turn off CFA, but that since I haven't used Windows
>Defender, I don't even have CFA to begin with.  No wonder it has not
>caused any trouble.  :-)

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Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 12:56 -0500
  Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-12-02 18:15 +0000
    Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 13:25 -0500
      Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-12-02 20:51 +0000
        Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 21:05 -0500
          Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-03 01:28 -0500
            Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-03 02:43 -0500
              Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-07 00:20 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-07 01:27 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-07 08:52 -0500
                Desktop Monitors (was: Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-12-07 14:18 +0000
                Re: Desktop Monitors Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-07 13:52 -0500
                Re: Desktop Monitors Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-12-08 00:52 +0000
                Re: Desktop Monitors rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-08 01:26 +0000
            Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-12-03 11:00 -0700
              Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-07 00:46 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-07 00:51 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-07 02:27 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-07 03:45 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-12-13 01:07 -0700
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-07 04:20 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-07 08:34 -0500
                Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-12-07 13:14 -0900
  Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 13:23 -0500
    Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-02 15:01 -0500
      Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 21:08 -0500
  Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-12-02 18:00 -0700
    Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 21:03 -0500
    Re: Do I need Controlled Folder Access micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-12-02 23:09 -0500

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