Error fixed: Windows Security Center service can’t be started

Security alerts FROM Action Center I should never be ignored, because it is never known what "surprise" is the basis of them. “Turn On Windows Security Center service (Important)” It is one of the most common alerts, many users signaling its appearance after installing certain Applications (Most of the time being about Pirated applications, of Incompatible applications or even of some antivirusion), after making some configuration changes or after installation/uninstall CERTAIN hardware component.

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The solution for "solving" this problem is quite simple, or at least should be in most cases: click on that alert or go to Control Panel > System and Security >Action Center, then click on Turn on now. But sometimes "simple" is not enough.

If when you try to restart Security Center service You are greeted by the error message “Windows Security Center service can’t be started”, most likely you will have to manually restart the service.

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  • open Services tastand services.msc in Search-ul FROM Start Menu or in Run
  • Then identify the service Securiry Center and give double-click on this
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  • In the open window, select Automatic or Automatic (Delayed Start) from the drop-down menu next to Startup type, click on Apply Then click on Start (sub Service status) and on OK.
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  • Give one restart la PC And the problem is solved.

If this does not solve the problem either, and the Security Center service is disabled again after Restart, most likely have the system infected with malware and he needs urgently a devirusare. If you cannot use antivirus that you already have installed (it is very likely to be disabled by viruses), start again Security Center, then download and install the anti-malware program MalwareBytes And make a complete computer scan.

Download MalwareBytes (free version).

If when you try to open services you are greeted by the error “One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed”

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and the services are not listed in the tab Extended, the solution of the problem could be a simple Edit of registers.

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  • Open the registers editor typing regedit in Search-ul FROM Start Menu or in Run
  • Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones
  • If above the area 0 there is another (with the name formed by a pseudo-litera), Delete the key respectively (this is a key parait, usually created by a program malware).
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If the deletion of this register does not solve the problem, open again regedit, navigate to the area 0 (HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones) and modify the dWord entry value 1200 FROM 3 (disabled or the action is not permitted) in 0 (enabled, or the actionis permitted) sau in 1 (prompt).

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Also a possible solution is the reset of the browser Internet Explorer

  • taste inetcpl.cpl in Search-ul FROM Start Menu or in the run and give Enter
  • Click on the tab Advanced, click on Reset and then again on Reset.
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  • Then click on OK and restart your computer.

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