Windows 10: Windows Defender Device Performance and Health issues

I noticed today that my Windows Defender had the yellow warning symbol that Actions Recommended.
So I went to the Windows Defender Device Performance and Health control panel and I ran the Troubleshooter and detected that my Temporary Internet Files are in a different location.

This is weird, because I don't have other drives on my laptop and all my system files are in my C drive. No where else but the C Drive.

However, actually a few moments ago, I disabled my CD/DVD optical drive in UEFI/BIOS by unchecking the Enable Module Bay and disabled Boot from USB option for security reasons.

So that's the only changes I made to my laptop.

I also a ran a Full Scan using Windows Defender and came up clean.

Please see image for more details.

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Device Performance & Health feature

This can be an issue with the old driver, update or hardware. However, for us to fully identify what is causing the issue, we may need to perform some troubleshooting steps. Please follow the steps below and check if it helps:

Step 1: Use System File Checker to check for system file corruption.

• Right-click (or press and hold) the Start 
  button, then select Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• Enter sfc/scannow(note the space between "sfc" and "/").

Step 2: Perform a clean boot. It will start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers
and start up programs. It will also eliminate software conflicts that could occur when you install a program, or an update, or when you run a program in Windows.

Once done, check if your Device Performance & Health will work and generate a report.

Let us know the result of the suggested steps.

Thank you.

 

Device and performance & health

Hi,

The result of the Health report is indicative of an issue with the device drivers. To better understand your concern, we'd like to know the following:

• If you're able to check if there are pending updates per device driver on your PC. To do this, see screenshot below.

• If you're able to see the details of the Health report by clicking the Learn more button.
  

• The last activities that you've performed on your device prior to your concern.
• If you're referring to the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter when you mentioned about running the troubleshooter.
• The version of Windows 10 that you're using on your device. To check this, you can perform the steps posted on this
  
  link.

We look forward to your response.

 

Windows Defender Performance & Health Scan Not Available

Whenever I open Windows Defender, the Performance & Health scan always displays Not Available


As well, there is no green check-mark on the Device Performance & Health tile in the defender hub.

I am currently running the latest version of Windows 10 (version 1703)

Any suggestions to why it's this way?



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