boot troubleshooting

Fast Startup—Windows’ hybrid shutdown that feels like a modern convenience—still quietly shapes how many PCs boot today, and on modern machines it often trades reliability and predictability for a marginal few seconds of saved time. Background Fast Startup was introduced to solve a real...

Microsoft pushed a string of Windows updates over the weekend that try to clean up several regressions introduced by the January Patch Tuesday rollouts — and at the same time have started a phased, OS-driven refresh of Windows' Secure Boot certificates that will touch millions of devices ahead...