"Security at a glance" error message

Win 10 22H2 19045.2130. Got a notification which said basically my antivirus is turned off. [Shows ON]
Clicked on message and it brought up this error. Clicked on OK and it went away???
First time seeing this, make no sense to me.??

selden said:

Are you using any 3rd party "Windows enhancement" packages?
Have you modified any registry entries by hand?

My experience is that that message will appear if any of a variety of registry entries are modified for which Windows does not provide a GUI interface and which normally are not changed on a single-user computer.

Winaero Tweaker is an example of an enhancement product which can modify registry entries which trigger that message.

Tx for reply. This happened shortly after upgrading to 22H2. I have not added/changed any register settings myself.

Try running these commands as Administrator:

Code:

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Virus and threat protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Account protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Firewall and network protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\App and Browser protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Device security" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Device performance and health" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Family options" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

This removes the block on the Security dashboard, unless you have a Group Policy overriding it.

garlin said:

Try running these commands as Administrator:

Code:

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Virus and threat protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Account protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Firewall and network protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\App and Browser protection" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Device security" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Device performance and health" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Family options" /v UILockdown /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

This removes the block on the Security dashboard, unless you have a Group Policy overriding it.

Copied all these REG ADD's and will do them if the problem persists. No occurrences today. [Fingers crossed] Tx