boot troubleshooting

  1. Windows Fast Startup: Should You Disable the Hybrid Shutdown?

    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...
  2. Windows Patch Weekend: OOB Fixes and Secure Boot Certificate Rollout

    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...