Are you dual-booting Linux and Windows? If you'd prefer to have Windows boot up first, we'll show you how. Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay ...

According to user reports following this month's Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows security updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled. This issue is caused by ...

Nicholas Negroponte, the head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is speaking for Microsoft (again). Negroponte was quoted by Computerworld as saying Microsoft is working with the OLPC team on a ...

Many PC users with Windows-and-Linux dual-boot setups woke up to a scary message this week: “Something has gone seriously wrong.” Apparently, the latest patch to Windows 10 and Windows 11 seems to ...

Taking your first steps into the world of Linux can be a scary proposition. After all, we have a whole new world of terminal commands, desktop environments and applications to learn. Thankfully Linux ...

If you can't boot into Windows after deleting the Linux partition, and see errors like "GRUB rescue>" or "no boot device ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...

Over the past few days I have been installing Windows Updates on my two most recently acquired Windows 8 systems (see My New ASUS Laptop and My New Compaq Laptop). I had read several news items and ...

The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of ...

If you're dual booting Windows and Linux you're probably well aware of the number of tools available for browsing your Windows partition in Linux, but what's not quite as simple is browsing your Linux ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Windows 7 and Ubuntu, despite their opposing missions, can get along like best pals on a single computer. Here's how to set up a dual boot system that lets you enjoy the best of both worlds in perfect ...