For many Mac users who occasionally need to run Windows applications, virtualization solutions like Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, and VirtualBox are often the best way to do so. You take a ...

Microsoft says it has developed a hybrid shutdown and boot process for Windows 8 that merges the traditional cold boot approach with resume-from-hibernate functionality, reducing startup time by 30% ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the big barriers to upgrading to Windows 8 is that Windows 7 is so good. For keyboard-and-mouse users, Windows 8 isn't a hugely compelling upgrade -- and without judicious use of third-party ...

Company details how the new secure boot process will work, attempting to respond to those wondering if they'll still be able to dual-boot Linux. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

We have already seen a video of Microsoft’s Windows 8 booting up, which is a lot faster than Windows 7 and other versions of Windows, and now Microsoft has released a new video which gives us more ...

Back when the Windows 8 Consumer Preview hit the Web, we offered a basic guide on configuring a virtual machine. With Windows 8's Release Preview available and the final version inching toward ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...