Fast startup is a handy feature on Windows that speeds up boot times by preventing the PC from shutting down completely. When enabled, it saves part of the system state to a hibernation file on your ...

In practice, Windows Fast Startup is supposed to be helpful, but after disabling it, a lot of things actually got a little better for my computer. I wish I had turned it off sooner, and for some of ...

A Windows PC can spend anywhere from 10 to 20 seconds just booting up, and that’s assuming everything is working perfectly. While disabling unwanted startup apps can certainly reduce boot time and ...