Question Windows 10 Anti-Virus "Managed by Administrator" Fix

[Onehate]

Not sure if this was from a virus or what but I had malware bytes and spybot installed. I ran malware bytes and cleared out some infections and uninstalled wanting to move to defender strickley. I go into the Defender page and the Security page loads blank, when I go into the anti-protection every option has "managed by administrator" on it, and the option to turn it on is greyed out. I have tired logging into the admin account and it tells me the same thing. At this point I am trying to figure out what to do. I tired deleting the Defender keys and rebooting and that didnt do anything. I am at a loss how to recover this.

Was hoping someone could give me some helpful hints, as I really do not want to have to reformat to recover this. Why does windows have to be so broken sometimes?

 

[britechguy]

First, and for future reference: Don't, don't, DON'T mess with the registry. It is a sure path to madness.

Do you have System Protection turned on. If so, the first thing I'd do is a System Restore back to a point before you removed those keys, and all the way back to when things were running normally if they were.

As per usual, a Speccy Snapshot would be very helpful here:

Using Piriform’s Speccy to Collect Your Computer’s Hardware & Software Specifications & Report Them to an Assistant​

1. Go to the Piriform Speccy Download Page and download the program.
2. Run the installer you’ve just downloaded or unzip the ZIP file if you prefer to use the portable version.

a. If you choose to run the installer - Note: The Speccy free installer may now come with Avast and the Google Chrome browser bundled with it (or something else, what’s bundled has changed over time). Make sure that you UNCHECK the options to install any bundled software when you see the checkboxes during the Speccy install sequence. When you reach the end, uncheck the View Release Notes checkbox, then activate the Run Speccy button.
b. If you go with the portable version just fire up Speccy from the unzipped folder location.
Regardless of which method you choose, you will be presented the Speccy Main Window:

3. From the File Menu, activate the “Publish Snapshot” item [or press ALT+F,B]:

4. You will now be presented with the Publish Snapshot Dialog:

You will, of course, activate the Yes button.
5. Finally, you will be presented with the Snapshot URL Dialog:

on which you will activate the Copy to Clipboard button so that you will have the snapshot web address to paste into your message.

Note: If you want to save your system specs to a text file, at step 3 choose the Save as Text File option at step 3. This can be handy if you need to e-mail your specs.

 

[Onehate]

Reinstalled OS, can close this