Windows Security: Is my system's behaviour normal?

Question

I've had problems with Windows Security. I'm not sure if they are fixed. Is the following bahaviour normal?

1. There's a windows security icon bottom right of screen. Other icons here respond to click but the security icon doesn't respond to either left or right clicks. Is that normal?

2. When there's an issue & actions are recommended, there's no response to clicking on the "Actions recommended" item. In general there seems no way to find out what the actions are.

3. Also on the above, the "Open Windows Security" button doesn't do anything. Is that normal???

Thanks for any assistance.

Answer 1

Hi, and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, this is happening when there is a corrupted file on the Windows Defender folder or a reconfiguration is needed, First, you need to check if you have a work or school account:

Open Settings> Click Accounts> Click Access work or school then disconnect the account there, if no account or already disconnected and you have the same issue follow the steps below:

Method 1. Repair Windows apps and Windows Defender:

On Powershell(admin), copy and paste the command below and hit enter:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

restart the PC and check

Method 2. Reinstall Windows Defender

Open the registry, then go to

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Then delete the Windows Defender folder, restart the PC, and recheck it.

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard