How to activate Windows Security

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After a glitchy Windows Update, Windows Security was disabled by default. And after finally succeeding in updating Windows, I can no longer turn on Windows Security.


I've followed the instructions of this page,namely the section "Turn Microsoft Defender Antivirus real-time protection on or off". However, Manage settings or Virus & threat protection > Virus & threat protection settings options were unavailable. Here's a screenshot:


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Maybe I'm blind, but it doesn't seem to be there. I've also tried to click on Settings -> Manage Providers, and this is what happens when I click on Antivirus. There's no option to activate anything even though it clearly states Microsoft Defender is off.


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I've also tried going to Protection History and here is what I get:


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When I try to click on Restart now, absolutely nothing happens. I tried to do it several times and checked each times and nothing happens.


So, any idea how I may turn Microsoft Defender/Antivirus on?

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