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How to Fix “Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app”

Are you getting a “Page not available” error on Windows?

Here’s the second part of the error, “Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app”.

Followed by, “and the item you tried to access is not available”.

And, “Contact the IT helpdesk for more information”.

The error message typically happens when you try to access the “Virus & Threat Protection” settings.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix “Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app” on Windows.

How to fix “Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app”

To fix “Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app” on Windows, you need to download and run SecurityHealthSetup.zip.

You can also try running some commands in the command prompt or update Windows 11 using the Media Creation Tool.

Fix 1: Download SecurityHealthSetup.zip

  1. Download SecurityHealthSetup.zip.
  2. Go to your downloads folder and find “SecurityHealthSetup.zip”.
  3. Right-click “SecurityHealthSetup.zip” and select “Extract All”.
  4. Right-click “SecurityHealthSetup” and select “Run as administrator”.
  5. Restart your computer and the error should be fixed.

Fix 2: Run the command prompt

  1. Search for “cmd” using Windows Search and run it as an administrator.
  2. Paste this command and press enter:
    • winmgmt /salvagerepository
  3. Restart your computer.
  4. If the error is still not fixed, open cmd again.
  5. Paste this command and press enter:
    • “C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun.exe” -wdenable
  6. Restart your computer.
  7. If the error is still not fixed, open cmd again.
  8. Paste this commands and press enter:
    • winmgmt /backup c:\wmi_repository.bak
    • winmgmt /resetrepository
  9. Restart your computer and the error should be fixed.

Fix 3: Update Windows 11 using Media Creation Tool

  1. Go to this website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11.
  2. Click on “Download Now” under “Create Windows 11 Installation Media”.
  3. Run “MediaCreationTool.exe” > Yes > Accept.
  4. Next > ISO file > Next.
  5. Save the location to your desktop > Next > Wait for the installation to complete.
  6. Open the Windows ISO file on your desktop.
  7. Run the “setup” application > Yes > Next.
  8. Install the update and the error should be fixed.

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