After being hampered by slow adoption, laptops with quick-boot capabilities may soon be upgraded with new features that could make them attractive to users. Quick-boot capabilities had been on the ...

On Windows 11/10, the Fast Startup is a built-in feature that is designed to start up your computer faster after a shutdown. This option is by default enabled and saves your valuable time from being ...

TucsonTJ asked the Answer Line Forum for a fast, slimmed-down alternative way to boot Windows. The trick is to set up Windows with two logons, as you would if the computer was being used by two people ...

Microsoft updated a U.S. patent application this month that describes a streaming mechanism to facilitate fast computer bootups. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hasn't issued a patent on the ...

One of the most obsessed over features of Windows is its boot time, according to Windows chief Steven Sinofsky. As such, he says in a blog post, Windows 8 will boot so fast it will make the relatively ...

Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fast-booting operating system. Fast, as in cold boots that were 50 percent faster than ...