Windows Defender will not turn on after upgrade from win 8.1 pro to win 10

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Defender was working in Win 8.1 but after the upgrade to 10 I get a notification "Your PC isn't being monitored because the app's service is stopped. You should restart it now." I select restart now and get the following message:

"The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it."

Error code: 0x80070422
Scan details: Last scan 7/30/2015 12:18pm (Quick scan)

Task manager services shows Window defender service startup type as "disabled"

I would prefer to get Defender running so I have some malware protection. I have had no antivirus besides Defender running on this computer, an HP Envy laptop. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have reviewed the posts on Defender and Windows 8.1 but since it was running on Win 8.1 before the upgrade to Win 10 they appear not to be relevant.

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