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Restore Windows Defender Real-Time Protection After Malware Disables It

If your Windows Defender real-time protection has been turned off and you suspect malware is the ...

Windows Explorer Restarting Checklist for Advanced Users

If Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) keeps restarting—freezing, flashing, or crashing repeatedly—it...

Fix Windows Explorer Restarting After Crash

If Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) crashes and then keeps restarting, you may see the desktop fla...

Fix Windows Defender Real-Time Protection Configuration Error

You open Windows Security and see a message that real-time protection is turned off or has a conf...

Fix Chrome Access Violation Error When Opening PDFs

You click a PDF link in Chrome and instead of the document, you see an error: Access Violatio...

Fix npm ENOLOCAL Error: package.json Not Found on Windows 10
You try to run an npm command and get an error like ENOENT: no such file or directory, open...

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