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Showing posts with label win 11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label win 11. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
How to Create a Local Account When Setting up a NEW Windows 11 Computer
Friday, March 3, 2023
Windows 11 Local Security Authority Protection Is Off & Won't Turn Back On!?
If you have a Windows 11 computer and find that your Local Security Authority protection is turned off, and Windows won't turn it back on, no matter how many times you restart the system. There is a simple registry edit you can make to get things working again!
Inside the registry editor, in the list on the left side, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Once there, right-click anywhere on the list on the right side to bring up the context menu. Select New>DWORD (32-bit). Make sure you don't click QWORD (64-bit) by accident. If you're seeing a list that says "Modify" and some other options, left-click anywhere on the white space in the list to deselect whatever is selected there and right-click again.
Now name the new entry "RunAsPPLBoot", then right-click the "RunAsPPLBoot" entry and click Modify. The "Value" box should already be highlighted, enter 2 and click OK. Close the registry editor without modifying anything else, and restart your computer.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Once there, right-click anywhere on the list on the right side to bring up the context menu. Select New>DWORD (32-bit). Make sure you don't click QWORD (64-bit) by accident. If you're seeing a list that says "Modify" and some other options, left-click anywhere on the white space in the list to deselect whatever is selected there and right-click again.
Now name the new entry "RunAsPPLBoot", then right-click the "RunAsPPLBoot" entry and click Modify. The "Value" box should already be highlighted, enter 2 and click OK. Close the registry editor without modifying anything else, and restart your computer.
Jon PienkowskiPacific NW Computers
Monday, May 30, 2022
Windows Security Center Stops Working - Windows 11
I have run into a problem repeatedly recently. On a client computer running Windows 11, if I go to open the Windows Security Center, it won't open and I will get the following message/error:
Some websites will recommend the following:
"Go to the Settings. Select App > Apps & features and type in ‘security’ in search menu box. An icon for Windows Security will pop open. From there, click on the options (three dots) and select Advanced options. Now scroll down to Reset section and click on Reset.
You’ll get a confirmation asking if you really want to reset the app, along with your whole app data. Click on Reset to go with it."
However, so far what I have found is that "Windows Security" is not in the application list at all!
So how can I reset the app?
Well, what I have found was a simple command you can run from the Windows PowerShell (with administrative privileges) that ultimately solved the problem for me, as well as for some of my clients who have run into this same issue as well.
- Using Windows' search, just type in "PowerShell"
- Right-click on its icon, and select "Run as Administrator"
- Next, copy and paste (or type in) the following script:
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage
- Hit Enter, and you should get a screen like this:
That should do the trick!
Your Windows Security Center should now be working again!
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