I distinctly remember around 20 years ago pressing the start button on my beige Windows XP desktop and waiting three or four minutes for it to fully boot. I was always so excited to get on my PC and ...

Nobody likes to wait around, and few things are more frustrating than your computer taking forever to boot. Not only can this affect your productivity, but it can also set a less-than-ideal tone for ...

You can disable Secure Boot through your PC's UEFI. Morsa Images/Getty Images To disable Secure Boot, you need to restart your PC and open the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Secure Boot ...

Secure Boot is a feature found in Windows 10 and Windows 11 that blocks unsafe apps or software from loading during a PC's startup process. This feature helps keep your PC clear of malware that gets ...

You may have read our tutorials on how to install Windows on your computer and how to install Windows OS on VirtualBox. But if you want to install Windows 11 side-by ...

Eradicating Windows and slapping Linux on your computer sure isn’t as easy as it used to be. Modern Windows PCs produced after Windows 8’s release have UEFI firmware with “Secure Boot” enabled. This ...

Remix OS is a desktop-style operating system built around Google Android. It lets you run virtually any Android app or game, but it provides a desktop, taskbar, and window manager that makes Google’s ...

Back in the old days of 2010, I used to walk into my home office in the morning, hit the power button on my production system, and then head back upstairs to have breakfast. By the time I returned to ...

Craig is a reporter for Pocket-lint based in Toronto. He earned a diploma in journalism from Seneca Polytechnic and holds a Media Foundations certificate from Humber College. Craig previously interned ...

From corrupted system files and outdated drivers to too many startup programs and slow hardware, various factors can cause your computer to take longer to start up.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