Secure Boot plays an important role in keeping your Windows system safe from rootkit attacks. While traditionally, this ...

How to activate TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot in Windows 10 Your email has been sent While the most obvious changes coming with the release of Microsoft Windows 11 involve new graphics and an updated user ...

Dual-booting Windows editions is a tradition that goes quite far back. It lets you experience new Windows versions and old Windows versions together on the same hard drive of a PC or laptop. Dual ...

Fast Startup can also prevent you from shutting down your PC. If the system fails to power off and instead sends you back to ...

With an old laptop, I cloned the OS HD to an SSD with Macrium Reflect, both harddrives are mounted inside the laptop. When I enter the BIOS, I wanted to select the SSD as the first boot choice. But it ...

Windows 11/10 has Advanced Startup options now which lets you directly boot into Safe Mode without restarting, and then pressing the special key multiple times however, if you need to use Safe Mode ...

On Windows 11/10, the Fast Startup is a built-in feature that is designed to start up your computer faster after a shutdown. This option is by default enabled and saves your valuable time from being ...

From corrupted system files and outdated drivers to too many startup programs and slow hardware, various factors can cause your computer to take longer to start up. Aside from getting an SSD, enabling ...

There are various reasons why Windows does not start. The first assumption is a defect in the boot environment that prevents the system from starting. However, causes can also be a defective file ...

Among Windows experts, a clean install is a time-honored ritual, a way to wipe out accumulated cruft and restore an old PC to new life. You can find plenty of ...

The first thing I do on any Windows 11 PC to boost performance is adjust the visual effects. These include features such as ...

The Windows Vista boot sound appears in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build. The Windows Vista boot sound appears in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build. is a senior editor and author of ...