Hardware changes: Updated motherboard, ASRock 960GC-GS FX, updated CPU AMD FX-4300, 4GB DDR3. Had to do repairs of both XP's, Windows 10 OK. Symptoms: I tested the XP systems after the repair, they ...

November 12, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Windows Vista/Windows 7: If you're running multiple operating systems—and if you weren't before the release of ...

Although this was easy to use it was also really insecure as well. With the introduction of Windows Vista came a new boot loader and a new tool to edit the file as well call BCD edit. Well BCD edit is ...

One thing you might have noticed about Windows 8 is its new boot loader (i.e. the screen that appears shortly after you start your PC). It has a graphical interface, which is nice, but it’s not great ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...

One of the most frustrating things to ever occur in computing is booting up a device and receiving an error that prevents it from starting. Microsoft’s Windows has ...

When Windows won’t boot up, it can be a disturbing experience. But that moment passes quickly, and you must decide how to get past this (hopefully) temporary hiccup. Fortunately, there are plenty of ...

Since my last blog post about the HP Pavilion dm1-4310ez, I have continue to investigate and experiment with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot, Secure Boot, and multi-booting with ...

Microsoft has published the hardware requirements that manufacturers must follow if they want to slap a “Designed for Windows 8” sticker onto their systems. In among many innocuous ...