I open Virus, and Threat protection and or other security apps and it says that Your IT administrator has limited access to some of this app. How to fix?

Anonymous
2024-12-07T02:23:13+00:00

In windows defender when I open it it says that Your IT administrator has limited access to some of this app. I am on Windows 11 Home. This is my personal computer. I am also the administrator.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy

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John DeV 171.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2024-12-07T21:07:37+00:00

Please try performing an In-place Upgrade. Performing this can repair broken operating system files while your personal files, settings and installed applications will not be removed.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Few things to check on the PC

**Unplug all external peripherals except for the Mouse, Keyboard, and LAN cable before starting

**Disable or uninstall any third-party Antivirus program to prevent it from interfering with the upgrade

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns by clicking the "Reply" button at the end of my response. I will appreciate it.

Kind regards,

John DeV

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  1. John DeV 171.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-12-07T23:58:03+00:00

    Great, I am happy that worked. Give back to the Community. Help the next person who has this issue by indicating if this reply solved your problem. Click Yes or No below.

    You're most welcome and have a great weekend.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-07T23:56:09+00:00

    IT WORKED! Thank you so much! You do not know how panicked I was! Have a good day!

    Sincerely, Muneeb

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  3. _AW_ 70,246 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-07T23:30:21+00:00

    Try rebooting once more. If still not working, open Windows Powershell and run the following command:

    gsv dosvc, mpssvc, SecurityHealthService, usosvc, WdBoot, WdFilter, WdNisDrv, WinDefend, wscsvc | ft -auto Name, DisplayName, StartType, Status

    Post a screenshot of the output.

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