Here are two things I have found relatively difficult using Linux. Am I doing something wrong here? 1. How do you update your BIOS easily using Linux (Floppy, CD, or USB)? 2. How do you create a ...

A few setup choices can make a spare laptop easier to run as a server.

Virtual machines are logical representations that are designed to mimic physical hardware. Consequently, VMs have many of the same attributes as a physical machine, including things like network ports ...

Keep an eye on your PC when you’ve just switched it on. Usually, a screen flashes by before Windows (or Linux, for that matter) starts to boot up. This is a glimpse of the computer’s basic firmware, ...

We lock down our user accounts with passwords. But the BIOS often gets left unguarded. This vulnerability allows anyone with physical access to your PC to tamper with critical system settings. This ...

Like most people, I never really bothered touching the BIOS menu on any of my PCs out of fear. And honestly, the intimidating interface never really helped either. But once I finally started exploring ...

Rufus is an open-source program that creates bootable USB sticks for Windows installation and more. Compared to Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool, Rufus offers many more options for configuration setup.

The user can go to BIOS settings by pressing the access BIOS settings key when the laptop starts up. The access BIOS settings key is a single key or a combination of keys which need to be pressed to ...

A program used to edit hardware settings in the BIOS of a PC. On earlier PCs, users had to change a setting when a new drive was added, but auto-detect features were later added. Although some ...

IntroductionDo you think it is possible to operate a PC that no longer boots Windows from a different location?For example, suppose an IT administrator at the head office in Tokyo needs to repair a PC ...