How to fix open Virus & threat protection, error "Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app"

Anonymous
2024-01-23T22:05:39+00:00

When i try to open Virus & threat protection, it says "Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app". I tried to find a solution but none of them worked, i tried deleting other accounts, i deleted 3rd party anti-virus and i tried using cmd and none of them worked. So if you got a different way to fix it, please help me. Thank you.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy

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2024-01-23T22:11:55+00:00

Go to C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealth. It it's empty:

The Windows Security UI should work straight away. If not, restart the computer and give the system a few minutes to initialize before checking.

**link updated 10 September 2024

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2024-11-29T04:11:52+00:00

For anyone that this fix (SecurityHealthSetup.exe) doesn't work, if you need further assistance, please start a new thread.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-23T09:22:01+00:00

    Trying to solve this problem from last 1 week, and this guy just gave the best solution for the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-24T00:19:02+00:00

    OMG. Thank you so much this link and the setup worked for me promise. [ 24/09/2024 ]

    Windows security works for me on Windows 11 Home edition now onwards.

    And also i would like to know, Is that enough this windows security without using anyother virus guards for the PC to deal with virus and malwares..? I heard windows 11 has a very reliable windows security software. Is that true?

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  3. _AW_ 69,211 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-09-24T00:26:57+00:00

    You could always use Malwarebytes as an on demand second opinion scanner.

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