Windows 10: Windows Script Host

Two 'Windows Script Host' messages started appearing every time I load up my PC. One says 'Can not find script file C/Windows/system32/Maintenance.vbs', the second says 'Can not find script file C/Windows/system32/StartupCheck.vbs'.Couple of days ago I got a notification of 4 serious threats that MS Defender has found. The related files are quarantined. Two of the Defender actions are related to elements StartupCheck.vbs and Maintenance.vbs - just like in messages that appear when loading up the PC. Subsequent scans do not show any threats.What should I do to make sure that no malware software

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Windows Script Host

Hi Tiara,

The message "Windows Script Host access is disabled on this machine. Contact your administrator for details" is usually occurring if a program that does not require the feature of Windows Script Host is running on a Windows PC. For us to provide an accurate
solution, we would need you to answer the following questions:

• Which build, version and edition of Windows is installed on your computer?
• Does the message appear when you are launching a specific application?
• What changes were made to the device before this issue happened?

For initial troubleshooting, we suggest following the steps provided by
Ramesh Srinivasan in this thread.

We are looking forward to your response.

 

Windows Script Host

Hi Boniface,

Windows Script Host provides your PC the scripting abilities like
batch files, but Windows Script Host offers more features. You can enable
Windows Script Host to stop 'Windows Script Host is disabled on this machine, contact your administrator for details'
message by following these steps:

• Press Windows + R to open Run.
• Type regedit and press Enter to open the
  Registry Editor.
• Navigate to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings.
• On the right panel, double-click Enabled and change the
  Value data to 1.
• Save the changes and exit the Registry Editor.
  
  Note: Do not modify other keys on the Registry without having enough knowledge about that registry key as it may cause some failures on your PC

Let us know how things go.

Regards.

 

Windows Script Host