Problems addressing security issues found on my device.

Hello. Anyone kind enough to offer myself assistance in resolving these issues, I can assure you that your time spent helping me out is massively appreciated.

I ran the Microsoft baseline security scan on my device as I have been experiencing some odd behaviour occurring whilst using my device. (Results Uploaded).

I am trying to resolve one of the issues detected on the scan and I am being instructed in the article for resolving this issue to do so by auditing the systems Local Security settings of the pc. However after following these to the letter, I am finding that there seems to be no Local Security Policies available on the device for me to carry out auditing upon.

Is the standard for my type of OS and if so, how can I go about rectifying the issue as directed by another method.

Again, so grateful for anyone's help in regards to this matter.....

Which issue are you having trouble with? Most of those are pretty set explanatory.

I am trying to resolve one of the issues detected on the scan and I am being instructed in the article for resolving this issue to do so by auditing the systems Local Security settings of the pc. However after following these to the letter, I am finding that there seems to be no Local Security Policies available on the device for me to carry out auditing upon.

Group Policy (Local Security Policies) is not available in Windows 10 Home.

I ran the Microsoft baseline security scan on my device as I have been experiencing some odd behaviour occurring whilst using my device.

If you post the issue you're having, maybe someone here and can help you with it.

FYI ... A scan of my system shows the same thing and automatic updates are working fine.

Malwarebytes' scanner
If this program is already installed: Skip the installation and run only the scan!
Download and install: Please download Malwarebytes' scanner to your desktop.

• Double-click mb3-setup-consumer-3.x.x.xxxx and follow the prompts to install the program.
• Click Finish.
• On the Dashboard, click the 'Check for Updates' button.
• After the update completes, click the 'Scan Now' button.
• A Threat Scan will begin. Please allow it to progress through the scanning process.
• When the scan is complete, if there have been detections, click Quarantines Selected button to allow the program to clean what was detected.
• In most cases, a restart will be required.
• Wait for the prompt to restart the computer to appear, then click on Yes.

How to get logs: (Export log to save as txt)

• After the restart once you are back at your desktop, open Malwarebytes once more.
• Click on the Reports tab > Scan Report. (if you have done more than one scan in the past, select the most recent that shows the Date and time of the scan just performed. Press View Report button.
• Click 'Export'.
• Click 'Text file (*.txt)'
• In the Save File dialog box which appears, click on Desktop.
• In the File name: box type a name for your scan log.
• A message box named 'File Saved' should appear stating "Your file has been successfully exported".
• Click Ok
• Find the log on your Desktop and Attach that saved log to your next reply.

(Copy to clipboard for pasting into forum replies or tickets)

pauldawson21 said:

I ran the Microsoft baseline security scan on my device as I have been experiencing some odd behaviour occurring whilst using my device. (Results Uploaded).

Maybe you should run Microsoft Safety Scanner? It works with windows 10

Safety Scanner - Windows Defender Security Intelligence

pauldawson21 said:

I ran the Microsoft baseline security scan on my device ... (Results Uploaded).

The most recent version I can find is the 'Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.3 (for IT Professionals)'. Note that this does not support Windows 10.

Microsoft said:

Supported Operating System
Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down...s.aspx?id=7558

The one and only 'Severe Risk' listed in your report is due to MSBA not understanding how windows update works in Windows 10. You should ignore this one.

your MBSA scan said:

Automatic Updates
The Automatic Updates feature has not been configured on this computer. Please upgrade to the latest Service Pack to obtain the latest version of this feature and then use the Control Panel to configure Automatic Updates.

The others are just warnings that some accounts have no password, or no expiry date for their password. This is normal on a typical Windows 10 install.