Windows defender can prevent Theatre Manager auto updates from occurring in Windows 10 and can interfere with restarting of TM server. It can be addressed by:
- Using 2012R2 or 2016 server for server processes instead of Windows 10. 2012R2 server does what you tell it with Defender, windows 10 does not - it automatically turns itself back on unless you
- Set windows defender exclusion to all theatre manager folders on that machine -and/or-
- Turning the Defender policy off -or-
- Installing some other AV software that disables Defender and takes over. (we dislike this option - other AV software is much much worse)
- Make sure to turn off DEP on windows 10 for all but essential programs - it might affect TM server from starting on startup