The security service on Windows systems is activated by default and is responsible for the operation of its own components (firewall, Windows Defender, Smart Screen in Windows 10), and also controls anti-virus packages and other similar software. But sometimes the system cannot turn on and use this component in automatic mode, as a result of which a corresponding notification is issued that Windows could not start the security center service. How to eliminate the consequences of such a situation will now be considered. The proposed solutions are equally well applicable for all versions of the system, regardless of modification and assembly.
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If the launch of this service is not possible, the simplest conclusion is drawn about the reason for the appearance of such a situation: something prevents it from being activated or the service is turned off intentionally.
As for the second case, it is unlikely that a system administrator or an ordinary user will disable this service. There is an external impact or software malfunction, as a result. However, even if the user receives a warning that the system could not start the security center service, the problem can be fixed, and even very simple. For starters, you should at least check your computer for viruses using the same standard anti - virus scanner, portable or disk utilities. Now let's look at software failures.
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First of all, you should look at the state of the service itself. To do this, call the "Run" console (Win + R), set the services.msc command in it and run it on behalf of the Administrator, after which we agree with the permission to make changes to the system by this application.
You can also access the administration of services from the Control Panel by selecting the appropriate section. You can also use the computer control bar from the menu, which is called up by right-clicking on the computer icon or on the icon of the same name in Explorer.
In the right part of the window you should find a line with the name of the service and look at the installed startup type. If the value is different from the automatic type, the system will with an enviable persistence issue a message stating that it failed to start the security center service.
The correction of the situation is to activate this component. To do this, call up the parameter editing window by double-clicking, and then go to the general parameters tab. In the start type line, from the list of available modes, select automatic (deferred), then click on the service start button ("Start") and apply the parameters by pressing the "OK" button.
Additional Actions
Now, in order to avoid the message that the system failed to start the security center service, in the future you need to make sure that it is activated.
To do this, in the main section, we look at the parameter used. If it has not changed, the above steps must be repeated for the Windows Services Toolkit (WMI) and the Remote Procedure Call Service (RPC). If the settings are done correctly, this situation will not happen again.
If all of the above actions do not give a result, Microsoft experts recommend rebooting the system in safe mode, and then activate the service described in the first part. For secondary services, a manual change in the type of start is not necessary in this case. Access to safe mode in all systems except the tenth is made by pressing the F8 key at the boot stage. But in Windows 10, you can return this mode by booting from the installation disk once and performing some simple configuration steps. However, this is another topic. What else can be applied?
Some experts recommend using a registry key change, but I think this is not the best way to enable the service, because it is quite complicated. And without proper knowledge, it’s better not to get into the registry, because it can completely disrupt Windows. And you should not use all kinds of automated utilities or optimizers. All the same, their application will not give the desired effect, although some developers claim the opposite. In this case, the above method, apart from editing registry entries, is the only effective solution to resolve the problem. And remember that service activation should be performed only with admin rights, otherwise the system will not even provide access to the corresponding section. Otherwise, everything is simple, so the proposed method should not cause any particular difficulties, and any user can perform such actions, even without special knowledge. It is enough to follow this instruction.