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Windows Security for Ubuntu Installation Checklist

Before You Install Ubuntu

If you're dual-booting Windows and Ubuntu, or replacing Windows...

Fix Ubuntu Installation Error 0x80073cf0 on Microsoft Store

When installing Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store, you may encounter error code 0x80073cf0. This ty...

Fix Task Scheduler Cannot Connect to Server Error

When you open Task Scheduler and see "Task Scheduler cannot connect to the server" or a similar m...

Fix BitLocker Version Mismatch on External Drives

You plug an external drive into a different computer and see a BitLocker version mismatch error. ...

Fix Windows Update Not Downloading: Permission Errors

When Windows Update fails to download files and shows errors like 0x80070005 or 0x80070020, the c...

How to Abort a Git Pull Merge Conflict Safely

You ran git pull and got hit with merge conflicts. Maybe you weren't ready to merge,...