Windows Defender Disabled - Will Not Enable

[Princess Wonder Woman]

Hello,I am on Win 11 Pro and my Defender virus protection will not start. It shows that it is disabled. I am a Corp IT Help Desk Analyst with 25 years experience so I have already done my own fair share of troubleshooting and investigating but nothing I have done or read and tried has fixed the problem. Here's a list of what I have done that has not fixed the issue:Command Prompt: Ran both SFC and DISM Restore HealthChecked the Services, options to start Defender are disabled and inaccessibleChecked Group Policy Editor for Disabling Defender and it is set to "Not Configured"Registry Editor

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