UEFI was initially developed by Intel as a firmware for its Itanium-based high-end datacenter computers. That was in the late '90s and early 2000s, when it was simply called EFI (Extensible Firmware ...

Booting from a USB stick is very helpful for many purposes. However, many factors have to be right for the boot to work smoothly. Here you will find the right settings and important tricks ...

Leaving your laptop alone doesn’t have to mean leaving it vulnerable. Here’s how to lower the risk of tampering to your unattended laptop.

Secure Boot is a security feature within the UEFI and used for signing Kernel-level code that runs on your PC to ensure it's not, er, dodgy. The idea is, if everyone agrees to sig ...

Learn how to turn off smart charging on your Surface using Settings, UEFI, or the Surface app to get a full 100% charge.

If you cannot boot into Windows after installing Fedora, identify the BOOT mode, update GRUB configuration and enable OS detection to begin with.

UEFI secure boot was designed to block malicious code from sneaking into your PC's BIOS boot-up process. However, a newly discovered ransomware dubbed HybridPetya somehow found a way to circumvent ...

If the Fast Startup has stopped working and your system performs a full shutdown, you need to follow the solutions mentioned here.

This Steam change lets you check if Secure Boot and TPM are enabled without a restart, readying your gaming PC for games like Battlefield 6.

ESET Research has discovered new ransomware samples, which it has named HybridPetya, resembling the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware. They were uploaded to VirusTotal in February 2025. HybridPetya ...