"Log on as" option greyed out in software protection in services

[Osk_Hu]

I've been having trouble with software protection not launching and as a result windows 11 has been deactivated on my device. When attempting to launch software protection I get the message "Windows could not start the Software Protection service on Local Computer. Error 1057: The account name is invalid and does not exist, or the password is invalid for the account name specified." When attempting to log on as a different account or change the password in the service it's all greyed out, and I'm unable to change anything. I have restarted the pc but that's pretty much it, I don't know how to

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