Windows 10: MCC has been blocked for your protection, this also goes for device management, services...

MCC has been blocked for your protection, this also goes for device management, services and policies, I have no idea on how to solve this. I am the sole user of this computer, and I have adminstrative access yet I still can't access it.

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Device Manager inaccessible. MMC.exe has been blocked "for your protection"

Already done a search, tried to do all the fixes that are suggested to recover from this. Nothing helps.

Why am I being blocked by my operating system from my own device manager? I cannot reinstall my NVidia video drivers. I cannot install Windows Store apps, I am guessing for the same reason as the error code seems to suggest I am not activated. My machine
is activated. My account is listed as an Administrator. Why must you make this so hard? Give me access to my system back!

 

UAC prompt for Task Manager. MMC blocked. What happened?

It's possible that Computer Management is being blocked by SmartScreen. We suggest disabling it and see if it helps. Follow the steps below:

1. Click the Start button.
2. Type smartscreen in the search bar.
3. Click Change SmartScreen settings.
4. Click the drop-down arrow in the Security row.
5. Click Change settings beneath the WindowsSmartScreen row.
6. Click Don't do anything (turn off Windows SmartScreen).
7. Click OK.

 

USB microphone show up under "Other Devices" in the Device Manager

Hi Luke,

We suggest that you update the device driver. You can do that by following these steps:

• 
  Select the Start button, type Device Manager, and select
  it from the list of results.
  
• 
  Expand the category where your device is located, then right-click on the name of your device, and select Update Driver Software.
  
• 
  Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
  

If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on the device manufacturer's website and follow their instructions.

If updating the device driver doesn't work, we suggest that you reinstall the driver:

• 
  Open Device Manager.
  
• 
  Right-click on the name of the device.
  
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  Select Uninstall.
  
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  Restart your PC and Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.
  

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.