It reported my security software correctly. Then I again rebooted the system and went to the Action Center.

We need to re-register WMIUTILS.DLL. It seems like the script didn’t uninstall and re-register. Then I stumbled upon a specific dll that is responsible for reporting if security software is present or not. So I ran the following script file in the form of the batch file:īut that didn’t help. So I thought of repairing WMI completely because I wasn’t sure which particular service or files were responsible. After some research, I found Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is what is responsible for reporting if and Security software is installed on the machine or not. I rebooted the system and checked again, but still, it did not help. Press Win + XClick on “Command Prompt (Admin)Type in SFC /SCANNOW So the next thing I tried was to run the System File Checker i.e. Since we reinstalled ESET that ruled out program-related issues. Windows does not detect installed Firewall or Antivirus #īefore you begin, create a system restore point first. Everything is working fine except the fact that my Windows is still not recognizing that ESET is installed.Īction Center, previously known as Windows Security Center, monitors the security status of the computer. Then I rebooted the system and reinstall ESET completely and updated it. So I had to run the Eset Removal Tool to clean all the leftover files. So I went and remove ESET completely using its removal tool, because most of the security software I used, never really removed everything when I uninstalled it. My first instinct was to reinstall my security software.

Windows firewall tool