Configure Watson events
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Reporting
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to configure whether or not Watson events are sent. If you enable or do not configure this setting, Watson events will be sent. If you disable this setting, Watson events will not be sent.

Internal name
Reporting_DisablegenericrePorts
Policy ID
b4746a2865d4
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Reporting
Value name
DisableGenericRePorts
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKLM
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Reporting
Value name
DisableGenericRePorts
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

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