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ram88
Brass Contributor
Mar 27, 2025

Why "Windows Security Center Service could not start" message appears when I login to Windows?

I see a notification which says something like, "Windows Security Center Service could not start every time when I log in to Windows . Tap to turn it on" and when I click on it it says cant find the ...
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Mousefluff
Iron Contributor
Mar 29, 2025

On Windows 11 24H2, you won't be able to patch or install updates if the registry keys for Process Protection ( LaunchProtected ) are missing or set to zero. Currently, Microsoft has not provided a fix for this issue.

 

You will get a read only error when trying to revert them back to the original when using an Online Windows Image. At that point, you have to use the following two files from within the Windows Preinstallation Environment, provided volume letter is set to C, for the Offline Windows Image, and both files are in the same directory:

 

Use Notepad to create this file on your desktop or another folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openscriptlab/files/Batch_PowerShell/ACL/WinPE_Modify_Registry_C_Drive_Win10_11_Post_Activation.bat/download

 

Use Notepad to create this file on your desktop or another folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openscriptlab/files/Batch_PowerShell/ACL/WinPE_Win11_24H2_Security_Health_Service.reg/download

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