>> Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Q: First, let me thank you for your great column and help to all of us non-techies out here. My Windows 10 desktop ...

The residual charge in capacitors can cause boot issues with computers sometimes. You can drain this residual charge by performing the hard reset. The steps to do this are as follows: Turn off your ...

Not afaik. It should be a nondestructive test to conduct (I don't have a Windows XP system to play with, and haven't had for years). I tried it, it won't boot. Yes, XP, really. It's for retro games, ...

If there’s one thing everyone dreads, it’s rebooting their computer. It may only take a minute or two, but it can seem like forever. Here are our top 10 tweaks that’ll make your computer boot a little ...