Microsoft has announced that it will not support changing the Windows 7 boot animation by those who want to personalize their rigs further than just changing wallpapers and themes. GRUB can do it. I ...

On XP, I load up cmd and enter diskpart. I then go to "list disk" but it only lists my hard drive, not the usb. I know the usb thumbdrive works because it shows up in compmgmt.msc disk management as ...

Keeping a bootable USB of the current operating system is just a basic tier of protection. It brings a false sense of confidence that one day, when your computer cannot load the OS, you can use the ...

If you have been keeping up with Windows news, you will probably be aware that today is the day that Microsoft finally ends support for Windows 7. This means that after today there will be no further ...

Running Windows completely off of a USB flash drive is quite handy if you want to try a newer or older version of Windows without affecting your current system. The USB drive can also serve as a ...

The extended support updates (ESU) on Windows 7 ends today. Interestingly and rather bizarrely, Microsoft enabled native UEFI and Secure Boot. However, the new feature support is not without flaws.

Past internet posters suggested changing the secure boot settings in the UEFI/BIOS. Supposedly, if you turn off the feature, ...

A decade old Secure Boot certificate reaches its sunset today leaving firmware checks in flux for older PCs and pending updates.

In case you were after a cool little utility that can transform your PC from Windows 11 or Windows 10 into Windows 7 or Vista, there is now an app that can do so using just one command. Recently, we ...