One key reason your laptop might not boot up without a battery is the power settings in the BIOS or UEFI. So, make sure that power-related settings are correctly configured in the BIOS/UEFI. First, ...

Here is a question from reader Danny. “I have XP Pro installed at the moment and I would like to format my hard drive so that I can install 2000. Apart from hooking my drive up as a slave to another ...

When Windows won’t boot up, it can be a disturbing experience. But that moment passes quickly, and you must decide how to get past this (hopefully) temporary hiccup. Fortunately, there are plenty of ...

i've sure i'm not the only one who is aware that it must be possible to change the resolution of the boot screen (the one with the loading bar that you see for about 5-10 seconds before XP boots). is ...

A freshly installed system starts up quickly and responds swiftly. A few updates and new software installations later, however, Windows seems to become slower and slower. There are several ways to ...