Solutions to Fix the Error 0x800705b4:

A number of solutions can be used in order to get Windows defender back to its working state. As I mentioned in the reasons behind this error message, disabling the third party antivirus would be the best solution to resolve this issue. Follow the steps mentioned below. If you have third party antivirus as well as firewall installed, then you might need to disable You should also make sure that Windows firewall in turned-on. You can enable it inside the Control panel. For this, go to Control panel by pressing

  1. Win + X and select it from the list. Inside the control panel, click on Windows Firewall and click the Turn Windows Firewall on or off inside the left pane. In the next window, turn the firewall on and press OK thereafter.

  2. Now, search for Windows Services panel by typing msc inside the cortana search field. Right click on program listed in the search result and run it as administrator.

  3. After opening the Services, search for Windows Defender in the list and check if the Status column is blank or not. If it is blank, then right click on Windows Defender and select Start. If it doesn’t get started, then just change the startup to automatic and restart the computer again. Check if the problem still persists or not.

Additional Methods to Fix This Issue

Refresh Windows

Refreshing Windows 10 will now start. This will take a while to finish, and your PC will restart a few times during the process. When finished, sign in to Windows 10. Each user that signs in for the first time after the refresh will go through first start up again before seeing their desktop

Run SFC

Results It will take some time and will give you the results. The results can be

It’s always a good idea to run SFC method 3 times to make sure all the problems are fixed.

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