Windows Security Center is missing...

I have tried turning Windows Firewall on my Vista laptop and an alert pops up saying, "Due to a problem not identified, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings." Also in the Firewall menu, it says "Windows Firewall does not use recommended settings to help protect your computer". I clicked Update settings now that led to the alert "firewall Windows was unable to make the requested updates." I went to Windows Update and tried to turn on automatically find and install the updates did not work (don't remember what was now the error message). I downloaded a Microsoft Fixit Troubleshooter to try to fix the problem. Well, the problem appeared to be fixed, but when I went to install the updates that he found, all updates could not be installed. The error code was 80246008. I clicked on to get help with this errorand advises him to change the settings on the BITS service. Well, imagine my surprise when I found the BITS and Windows Security Center is missing in the registry of services.

I am so at a loss to know what to do now. Recently, I did a complete with Malwarebytes and Avast scan and a scan of boot with the latter. Malwarebytes didn't find anything, and I found and quarantined a bunch of virus with Avast. I have not noticed other symptoms (that I recognized, in any case). I hope there is a way to solve this problem without having to reinstall the entire operating system or anything. They gave me this computer, so I don't have the installation CD.
Hi Pat,
Follow these instructions to fix the Windows Firewall:
Download and install repair Windows:
When the repair of Windows opens, click start repair , click Start. Unselect all the boxes except for the following:
-Reset the registry permissions
-WMI repair
-Repair Windows Firewall
Then click on start. Once it is finished, restart your computer. Let me know if this helps you.
Brian

Tags: Windows

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