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Fix Windows Defender Real-Time Protection Not Running

You open Windows Security and see a yellow warning: "Real-time protection is off." Or you...

Fix Windows Update Service Not Running After Clean Boot

If you performed a clean boot to troubleshoot an issue and later found that Windows Update won...

Fix Git Clone Connection Timed Out Due to Firewall

You run git clone and after a long pause see connection timed out. This...

Fix VSCode Terminal Error spawn ENOENT

When you open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code and see the error spawn ENOENT<...

Fix Windows Update Service Not Running with DISM Restore Health
You try to run DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and get an error saying th...

How to Stop Windows Explorer from Triggering Automatic Repair
If Windows Explorer keeps restarting and eventually triggers Automatic Repair, you're likely ...


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