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If you see a rate limit error in Windows Defender after a recent update, it usually means the rea...

If Outlook stops responding at the "Loading Profile" screen and the process shows as outlook.exe ...

If you notice that Windows Security (formerly Windows Defender) is using a lot of memory—sometime...

You run a Windows Defender scan and it reports that a file is locked and can't be scanned. This i...

If you're seeing BitLocker connection timeout or permission denied

Fix Windows Activation Update Error 0x80070643
If you see error 0x80070643 during a Windows activation update, the update process has been inter...