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April 22, 2026
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Avecto Defendpoint Service Issue

  • April 22, 2026
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Hi,

I have a problem with the Avecto Defendpoint Service (client version 25.8.12.0).
When I restart a Windows 11 notebook, the service is running, but EPM does not work correctly.

To resolve the issue, I have to restart the Avecto Defendpoint Service manually, after which everything works as expected.
If I set the service startup type to Delayed Start, it starts after about two minutes and then works fine.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Thank you.
Kind regards,
Thien

    14 replies

    ThienTAuthor
    Rising Star
    April 28, 2026

    one more Question maybe im Trying something thats not possible. My Idea was that it is possible for an user to use EPM even, when they are somewhere without Internet. So as example User is logged 1 Day online and get the Policies. The next day the user starts the Client without Internet Connection and is not possible to get an Internet Connection. Is this possible?

    Guru
    April 28, 2026

    I will repeat here.

    The EPM Client only needs Internet access to download policy and send Event/Analytics to the PM Cloud.

    If the client have valid functioning Policy present the EPM Client does not need internet connection.

    if it has internet it will do heartbeats to the PM Cloud for Policy changes, and send Events to your Analytics. If no internet, the client will remain on the same policy, and store events until it has intenet connection again.

    Again EPM will work if it has downloaded a policy, even without a internet connection.

    Kind regards
    Jens

    BeyondTrust Employee
    April 28, 2026

    @ThienT, for what it’s worth your original workaround of setting the Adapter to “Delayed Start” is referenced in (KB0019606) Unable to refresh policies from tasktray icon in Windows. That KB also explains how to increase the timeout period if needed as well.

     

    To reiterate what Jens has explained: an EPM endpoint only needs connectivity to PMC for a.) pulling policy and b.) sending events. Once a policy file has been downloaded to the local endpoint, the EPM client is able to use that cached XML file and enforce policy on the endpoint regardless of whether it has an internet connection. Once connectivity is restored, the client will begin sending events in batches to Analytics and will also download any policy delta that exists.
     

    ThienTAuthor
    Rising Star
    April 28, 2026

    Thanks to you guys for the explanation. Somehow it doesn’t works with the downloaded Policy without Internet Connection. I just opened a support Case because I think i am missing something in the Configuration. Thank you