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I decided to allow the Windows 10 Creator's Update and noticed one significant change. For work reasons, I need to have my firewall off (it's connected to a domain, where the firewall is). It's a long story. In any case, I'm noticing that I'm getting an alert that the firewall isn't activated, but I can't seem to find a way to turn off that alert.

See screenshots below.

I also tried "advanced settings", which didn't appear. Perhaps one more bug that needs to be addressed. In any case, how can I disable that specific firewall warning?

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Before the Creator Update, I was able to go into the Firewall setting and select that I didn't want to be warned about not having a PC-level firewall. If Microsoft will never allow one to disable any warnings in Windows Defender, then my next option is to go to taskbar settings and set the Windows Defender Notification Icon to off. I don't have the warning icon staring at me anymore.

The downside of this approach is that while it effectively hides the firewall warning, it also hides any other legitimate alerts that have nothing to do with the firewall.

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Ramhound
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RandomHandle
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The easiest way its to create a custom inbound rule that allows "Everything" in advanced settings and you still receive notifications you may want.

To create an inbound rule

  1. On the computer that is running the Windows Firewall, on the Start menu, choose Control Panel, choose System and Security, and then choose Windows Firewall.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Advanced settings.
  3. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Settings window, in the navigation pane, choose Inbound Rules, and then in the Actions pane, choose New Rule.
  4. On the Rule Type page, choose Custom, and then choose the Next button.
  5. On the Program page, choose All programs.
  6. On the Protocol and Ports page, choose Any.
  7. On the Action page, choose Allow the connection.
  8. On the Profile page, choose the profiles, and then choose the Next button.
  9. On the Name page, type a name for the rule, and then choose the Finish button.
JW0914
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Andarxx
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Go to Task Manager>Startup and disable Windows Defender notification icon. Restart and it should be gone. You will still see the notification if you open Win Firewall settings, but at least it won't be on the task bar.

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Mr.Adams
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Source: Disabling Windows 10 Notifications via Group Policy I've been looking for an automated solution to disable the Firewall notifications for over 6 months using the registry (because Win10 Home doesn't have Group Policy), that I lost all hope in Win10 and it's developers.

To disable the Firewall notifications, I used string Disable Security and Maintenance Notifications with the following DWORD set to 0:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.SecurityAndMaintenance\Enabled
JW0914
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Constantin Suman
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To get that shield to go away, go into the registry and delete the key in this screenshot:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SecurityHeath
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