It’s also possible to change User Account Control (UAC) and Windows SmartScreen settings directly from Action Center using the links on the left. If you scroll down to the bottom of Action Center, you’ll see links to the troubleshooting wizard and system recovery feature. Additional FeaturesĪction Center provides several links which take will you to other tools that are commonly used for troubleshooting.
To see a list of archived messages, click View archived messages on the left. Messages can sometimes be archived, and you’ll see this option for each message in Action Center main window. Naturally, disabling Action Center or its notifications is not recommended. Here you can choose from a range of different security and maintenance checks for instance, if you are aware of a problem and don’t want Action Center to bother you about it. You can change how Action Center monitors Windows by clicking Change Action Center settings on the left. Windows Defender opens in a new window and automatically turns on, and the warning messages are immediately removed from Action Center. To resolve this, all I need to do is click Turn on now. Now you’ve opened Action Center, any critical issues will be highlighted in red and informational messages will display in yellow.Īs you can see in the figure above, Action Center has detected that there is no active antivirus protection on this PC and that Windows Defender, the built-in malware solution, is turned off. Type action and the Search panel will appear on the right.Press the Windows key to switch to the Start screen.At the top of the Control Panel click Action Center.In the Control Panel window, make sure that View by is set to Category and click System and Security.Launch the Control Panel by right clicking on the Start button and then select Control Panel from the menu.Open Action Center using the Control Panel:
There are a couple of other ways you can get to Action Center using the Control Panel and Windows Search. If you hover over the icon with the mouse you’ll be shown an overview of the issues detected, and you can click on it to go to Action Center. Most of the time you won’t see Action Center or need to access it, but if a problem is detected, a small flag icon will appear in the taskbar next to the clock. Opening Action CenterĪction Center quietly monitors for problems that could affect the smooth running and security of your PC. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to access and use Action Center in Windows 8.1. Action Center in Windows 8 replaces Windows 7’s Security Center to aggregate not only warnings on security issues, but also the status of maintenance tasks.
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