Windows 10: Access blocked for certain settings

Recently I have attempted to use my laptop's computer, but it is unable to be found, stating that it possibly could be blocked by antivirus software. While I don't have any antivirus installed, I attempted to go to "Virus and Threat Protection" settings in my computer. I am then blocked by a notification stating "Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app, and the item you tried to access is not available". I have no idea what it means by this, as this is my personal computer that I have had for less than 6 months. It seems these issues could possibly be related, but it seems I have attempted almost every suggested solution with no results or progress. Is there anything other than factory resetting my computer that could fix this?

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Block access to certain types of sites on my computer

Hi Cheryl,

To block access to certain sites on your computer, we recommend that you check this

link.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Blocking and Allowing a Certain Program to a User in Windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.

Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• Which option of the operating system are you exactly talking about (it will be easy for us to help you in resolving the issue quickly)?
• Do you want to block the access of files & folders for the other user profile?

You can give permission for accessing/denying the files/folders on a drive to a user profile by setting appropriate permissions on the operating system.

To block the permission of the other user profile to access the files & folders, I suggest you to follow the steps below:

• 
  Press Window logo + E keys on the keyboard and click on
  This PC located on the right hand panel of the screen.
  
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  Open the drive where the application files are located.
  
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  Right click on the application file and select Properties.
  
• 
  Click on the Security tab of the window and click on the user profile name to deny access to under
  Group or user names.
  
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  Click on Edit button and give permissions accordingly to the user profile.
  
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  Click on Apply and OK.
  
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  Close the window and check if the changes are effective.
  

Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance.
Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.

Thank you.

 

FIREWALL IS BLOCKING CERTAIN PROGRAMS

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with the computer. I understand the frustration when things don't work the way it should.

One of the most common problems when using a network firewall is that it sometimes blocks network traffic that you want to allow.

Please follow the below step to troubleshoot with the issue:

• Open the “Control Panel“.
• Select “System and Security.
• In the Windows Firewall section, select “Allow a program through Windows Firewall“.
• Unchecking the box to the left of the application name disallows it from accessing network resources, while checking it allows access.
• If the program you wish to block or unblock is not listed, you can click the “Allow another program…” button to add it. Choose the application in the list and select “Add“. If the program is not in this list, use the “Browse…”
  button to select the program file manually.

Hope this information is helpful. Please post in case you have any further issues, I will be glad to help you further.

Thank you.