Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Switching Live protection off will improve your gaming performance.

Open Regedit
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Add new "key" named Real-Time Protection
Select "Real-Time Protection" and create DWORD (32-Bit) value named DisableRealtimeMonitoring. Change Value Data 0 to 1
exit Regedit