What are Windows 10 Security and Maintenance messages

Windows 10 uses the Security and Maintenance applet to keep you informed of issues that pertain to your computer’s health. The screen divides issues into the Security and Maintenance sections. To open the Security and Maintenance applet, type Security and Maintenance in the Search box on the Windows taskbar and select it from the result.

Note any messages displayed under Review Recent Messages and Resolve Problems.

Normally, you see No issues have been detected by Security and Maintenance. So, if you see a message concerning a specific problem, select that message for more information. The Reliability Monitor can help you pinpoint problems with hardware and software. Next, select the Security heading in the Security and Maintenance window. That section expands to detail security functions. Every option should display On or OK.

Brief description of each item under Security

Next, select the Maintenance heading to see what that section includes (see screenshot below).

Brief description of each item under Maintenance

Turn Off Security and Maintenance notifications

You can enable or disable Security and Maintenance notifications in Windows 10 using: Let us see how to do this.

1] Using Security and Maintenance Control Panel applet

To open the Security and Maintenance window, type Security and Maintenance in the Search box on the Windows taskbar and select it from the result. Click Change Security and Maintenance settings link on the left side.

Check (on) or uncheck (off) the security and maintenance messages you want, and click OK.

You can now exit Security and Maintenance window.

2] Turn off Security and Maintenance notifications using GPO

Run gpedit.msc to open the Group Policy Editor and navigate to the following settings: Double-click on Remove Notifications and Action Center and set it to Enabled.

3] Disable Security and Maintenance notifications using Registry Editor

Run regedit to open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: Right-click on Windows > select New > Key. Name it as Explorer. Now right-click on Explorer > select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name it DisableNotificationCenter. Next, double-click on it and set its value to 1. If Explorer does not exist, you need to create it. Hope this helps!