The Local Security Authority protection is off - Windows 11 Home

Anonymous
2023-03-17T06:10:20+00:00

A yellow triangle appeared on the Windows Security iron yesterday. It says that Local Security Authority protection is off. Your device may be vulnerable.

I can press Go to settings or Dismiss but when I click go to settings, a notification saying "the page You want to access doesn't contain required functions and is unavailable". 

There is also no option to turn the protection on in the Device Security panel (there is only "dismiss" option).

When I was looking at it yesterday, there was also a notification that "The tpm module is unavailable" but today it doesn't show. I checked the device manager and uefi and both say that the tpm is enabled.

I've found an advice to turn on SMV in UEFI (in the CPU settings) to solve the problem but I don't want to change anything in BIOS without consultation as I'm no expert. I've also found a reply from a truste source that this whole problem is a Microsoft bug and it's better to just wait till they fix it.

What should I do?

Screenshots are in Polish, I hope they can be useful somehow. The first one shows the notification about a page being not available and the second shows the Device security panel (the notification from the first screenshot displays when I close the device security page or when I click on "go to settings" below the information that the protection is turned off). There is also an information (second screenshot) that "standard device security is not supported".

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Anonymous
2023-07-06T07:36:56+00:00

Microsoft have just posted that they have resolved the "Local Security Authority protection is off" issue in an update. Has anyone tried to apply it from Windows Update?

Resolution: This issue was resolved in an update for Windows Security platform antimalware platform KB5007651 (Version 1.0.2306.10002). If you would like to install the update before it is installed automatically, you will need to check for updates.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T10:00:13+00:00

    The problem in short is that your computer is susceptible to malware and viruses.

    I can explain in simpler terms on how to fix this issue and it should work but if you are doubtful you may take it to someone else to fix it.

    1. Press Windows + R and type "regedit".
    2. You will see a panel on the left, go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", then "SYSTEM", then "CurrentControlSet", then "Control", then "Lsa". These folders will definitely be in this order. It should look something like this :

    1. On the right panel, you should see "RunAsPPL" and "RunAsPPLBoot". Right click, choose "Modify" or "Edit" and put their value as "2".
    2. If you don't see these files, then open "Command Prompt" from your system and run it as administrator and type the following exactly into it :

    The above command is for when the "RunAsPPL" file is missing and the one below it is for when the "RunAsPPLBoot" file is missing.

    1. Reboot your system and your issue should be fixed.

    Credits to "EnigmaticGlitch" for this method. This should work for everyone.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T09:43:27+00:00

    Thank you, this method worked.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-11T21:44:22+00:00

    I totally agree with you drifter, we shouldn't have to go in and mess with the registry, especially if you are not a computer geeks. I am afraid that I will attempt to do it, and I will mess everything up. So as right now, I'm leaving it alone.

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